•"«»«*---r?':'W'^''T'?T ■ '■'^siii^S^^X EETINGS ^Jf tibrarjp of Che Cheolojical ^emmarj^ PRINCETON • NEW JERSEY •d^tf K- •Y< '< >V / o<=' F-. ^r^^^^rr^r^ B. FAY MIT.LS. MILLS' MEETINGS MEMORIAL VOLUME ^ JUI 12 iq45 * AN ACCOUNT OF THE GREAT REVIVAL IN CINCINNATI AND COVINGTON, JANUARY 2ist TO MARCH 6th, 1892, UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF THt DISTINGUISHED EVANGELIST, REV. B. FAY MILLS, ASSISTED BY THE EMINENT GOSPEL SINGER, MR. LAWRENCE B. GREENWOOD ; AND ALSO, FOR A PART OF THE TIME BY REV. J. WILBUR CHAP- MAN, D.D., AND MR. GEO. C. STEBBINS ; CONTAINING A COMPLETE HISTORY OF THE ENTIRE EVANGELISTIC MOVEMENT, WITH SERMONS, SONGS, REPORTS, COMPLETE LIST OF THE COMMITTEES, ETC. EMBELLISHED WITH OVER ONE HUNDRED ILLUSTRATIONS EDITED yfeV JOHN JUNKINVFRANCIS, D.D. ASSISTED BY CHARLES B. MORRELL, M.D. PREPARED AND PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY OF THE "MILLS MEETINGS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE." CINCINNATI THE STANDARD PUBLISHING COMPANY PUBLISHERS OF CHRISTIAN LITERATURE Copyrighted, 1892, by The Standard Publishing Co. ■50 TV\t \s PREFACE. The object of this volume is to preserve, in permanent form, the history and leading features of the remarkable evangelistic movement in Cincinnati and Covington, under the leadership of the distinguished evangeli.st, Rev. B. Fay Mills, in which seventy-three churches, of sixteen different denominations, and representing more than twenty thousand communicants, united for the purpose of holding a series of great union revival services during the Winter of 1892. The idea of the publication of such a memorial was not suggested until the meetings had been in progress several weeks. The proposition was first presented by the chair- man. Dr. Simpson, to the Executive Committee, and at once received the hearty approval and endorsement of the Com- mittee. An Editorial Committee was appointed to consider the matter, and in confirmation of the report of this Com- mittee, the entire charge of the publication and sale of the book was committed to The vStandard Publishing Com- pany, 16, 18 and 20 East Ninth street. The preparation of the contents of the volume was en- trusted by the Executive Committee to an editor elected b}' the Committee from their own number, for whom The; Standard Publishing Company provided, with the ap- proval of the Executive Committee, a thoroughh' efficient assistant editor, in Dr. Charles B. Morrell. limitations. Owing to the limitations of time, it was necessary for the editors to prepare the entire contents of the volume within vi rKi<:i'ACii:. less than four weeks from the day on which the first page of copy was given to the printers, making an average of about twenty printed pages every day. This, moreover, was undertaken under the pressure of other exacting duties. The editors, therefore, can not hope to have avoided errors, either in the plan or the execution of the work, nor to have met the widely varying wishes of all. The suggestions were almost as diversified as the number of friends from whom thej^ came. There were those who expressed the desire that the book should consi.st almost exclusively of the sermons preached by the evangelists. Others were equally urgent in insisting that the sermons should be almost entirely omitted. Some wished prominence to be given to one feature; others urged the magnifying of another feature. Nevertheless, these suggestions were all gratefull}' received and considered, although it was impossible to comply with all. By as careful a calculation as could be made, a complete report of all the services and vS^rmons would have filled a volume of not less than three thousand pages, or seven books the size of this. As stated on pages 27 and 28, the effort has been made to omit no important characteri.stic of the work, but to touch more or less fully upon all the distinctive features of the services. In this we have received valuable assistance from the obliging representatives of the daily press of the city, and from a number of gentlemen and ladies, mentioned be- low, who have kindly furnished much interesting material, and aided us in many ways. SCOPE OF THE WORK. A glance at the "Table of Contents" will give an idea of the scope of the work. Especial attention is called to the fact that the historical information, as to the origin and de- Preface. vii velopment of the movement, and the work of the Executive Committee, contained in the opening chapters, which will be new to the general reader, has been obtained entirely from the official records of the Evangelical Alliance and the Executive Committee, and is in many instances given in the exact words of these records. In the chapter on the "Six Other Committees" we have embodied almost the entire text of Mr. Mills' little book of "Suggestions to Committees." The biographical sketches of the evangelists and their musical assistants have received the most careful attention, and may be relied upon as ac- curate. The two hundred or more pages, beginning with the opening night on Walnut Hills, containing the reports of the numerous and varied services in the different districts and in Music Hall, have been prepared with great labor and care by Dr. MoRRELL, who has given to the complicated and difficult undertaking his untiring and enthusiastic efforts, and his ripe experience. The editor wishes to express to his es- teemed and faithful assistant his heartiest thanks and appre- ciation. The following sermons are given in full, viz.: "Agonizing Prayer," preached by Mr. Mills, in St. Paul M. E. Church; "Motherhood," by Mr. Mills, in Music Hall; "The Five Crowns," by Dr. Chapman, in the Presbyterian Church on Mt. Auburn; " Forsaking All for Christ," by Dr. Chapman, in the First Presbyterian Church, Covington. Also Mr. Mills' address at the Sabbath-school Conference in the Y. M. C. A; Dr. Chapman's address at Ministers' Conference in the First Presbyterian Church, on Fourth street ; and the address of Mrs. Ballington Booth, in the Baptist Church on Mt. Auburn. viii Preface. Besides these complete stenographic reports, the sub- stance of many other sermons is given. There are also full reports of an " After-meeting," a " Good Cheer Meeting," a " Sunday-school Service," the " Ladies' Prayer-meetings," the " Noonday Prayer-meetings," the services held by Mr. Mills in the Bethel, the House of Refuge, the Work House, and special services in churches ; together with descriptions of the " INIidvveek Sabbath," the great audiences, the " Ushers' Banquet," the " Farewell Banquet," the magnificent chorus- choir, the closing service, etc., etc. Two of the most popular solos sung at the meetings, one by Mr. Greenwood and one b}' Mr. Stebbins, are given, both words and music. Farther on in the volume will be found a chapter written by one of the mo.st prominent pastors of the city, on the results and impressions of the meetings a brief history of the Evangelical Alliance of Cincinnati, by another promi- nent pastor; and a number of interesting "incidents" of the work. We give also the report of the Committee on Finance, and the complete ofiicial report by Mr. Menden- HALL, of the " Inquirers' Cards" signed during the meetings, with the preferences of the signers. In the Appendix we give the official " Manual " issued by the Executive Committee, revised and enlarged, containing the list of districts; the dates of the services; the complete roll of the churches cooj>- erating in the movement; the names and addresses of the pastors; the names and addresses of the members of the Executive Committee, of the General Committees, of the district officers, and the thirty-six District Committees; fol- lowed by a partial roll of the canvassers, a complete roll of the ushers, and a complete roll of the great chorus-choir — the entire Manual containing the names of nearly two thou- sand men and women. The most earnest effort has been. Preface. ix made by both the editors and the publishers to make these rolls as complete and accurate as possible.* THE PUBLISHERS AND THEIR WORK. The Standard Publishing Company, from whose house this volume is issued, has spared neither expense nor effort to make it, in mechanical execution, a fitting memorial of this great revival movement. The exceptionally fine equipment of this great publishing house has been employed freely for this purpose. The editors are under man}^ obliga- tions to the company, and especially to its chief officers, Mr. Russell Errett, and Mr. W. H. Sutherland, for their uniform courtesy, and for the valuable assistance rendered in so many ways in carrying forward the work to a speed}' and satisfactory completion. It is worthy of note that every part of this work has been done by the Standard Pub- lishing Company within its own establishment, including the printing, the photo-engraving of churches. Music Hall, etc., the portraits of the evangelists, ministers and laymen, and the binding. The numerous and fine illustrations which adorn the book, which will doubtless be regarded as its crowning feature, and which make it an exceedingly appro- ■■■ Owing to the fact that the first half of the book, and also of the Manual, was electrotyped as soon as completed, two or three changes in names or numbers will be noticed in the latter half. The principal dif- ference of this kind — the only important one— is in connection with the General Committee on Music. On pages 29 and 42, and especially on page 58, Mr. Joyce is mentioned as chairman of the Music Committee, and Mr. C. A. Sanders as vice or acting chairman. It was learned afterwards, when too late to make the change in these places, that, on account of necessary absence from the city, Mr. Joyce had early resigned the chairmanship of this committee, and Mr. Sanders had been elected chairman, and served as such throughout. This correction is made in the roll of the officers and members of the choir, at the end of the Appendix, where the committee is correctly given. X Preface, priate and beautiful souvenir of the remarkable movement which it commemorates, have been prepared by the publishers without regard to expense. The preparation and arrange- ment of these portraits and other illustrations have been left entirely in the hands of the publishers. As stated in the original announcement of the book, these illustrations, as determined by the Executive Committee, were to include portraits of the four evangelists, of the members and advis- ory members of the Executive Committee, and of the pastors of all the churches identified with the movement, and pictures of the churches in which the principal meetings were held. To these were afterwards added as a very valuable feature, the portraits of the fifteen business men who were members of the six General Committees, together with Mr. Mendenhall who had charge of the cards, and Dr. MoRRELL, the assistant editor, making ninety-eight portraits in all. Every effort was made to secure all of these por- traits. A very few were not obtained, the reason in most of these cases being the inability to take an active part in the work, and hence a reluctance to appear to have been active. No distinctions have been made in these portraits (except in the case of the evangelists), all being engraved alike, and the arrangement being determined solely either by districts, or as a matter of convenience. It is proper to .state in this connection that Mr. Mills has no connection whatever, editorially, financially, or in any other way, with the preparation, publication, or sale of this book. The editors consulted with Mr. Mills frequently and freely as to the choice of the sermons to be published, and for the information and advice which he might see fit to give on other points, but only for the sake of his judgment. He has no editorial or financial interest in the work. Nor, Preface. xi we may add, does any part of the proceeds of the sale of the book go to either the editors or the Executive Committee, except that the publishers have voluntarily offered to the Executive Committee a percentage of such sales as may be made by the Committee, to be devoted to some worthy char- itable or Christian object. With these explanatory and prefatory words, this Me- morial Volume is sent forth, with the earnest wish that it may not only be an acceptable memento to those who have shared directly in the blessings of the " Mills Meetings," but that it may, by God's favor, serve as a channel to convey the influ- ence of this wonderful work of grace beyond the limits of our own city, and so aid in extending the Kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ elsewhere. J. J. F. J. J. Francis, J. Z. Tyler, J. W. Simpson, Editorial Committee. NOTE OF THANKS. The editors of this Memorial Volume desire to make grateful acknowledgment of the helpful suggestions and interest of many friends, and especially to express their sin- cere thanks for valuable assistance rendered them, to the chairman, secretary, and members of the Executive Com- mittee ; to the daily press of the city, especially to Mr. J. C. Hagar, of the " Times-Star ; " Mr. A. S. Bickham, of the "Commercial Gazette;" Mr. J. A. Homan, of the " Enquirer;" and Mr. Keen, of the " Evening Post ; " and to Mr. George E. Malsbary, Stenographer of the Executive Committee ; Rev. A. Ritchie, D. D., Secretary of the Evangelical Alliance ; Mr. C. A. Sanders, Grand Chief Usher ; Mr. A. W. Mac- BRAiR, Choir Secretary ; Mr. Wm. Mendenhall, Card Sec- retary ; Mr. Louis Mauss, Treasurer ; Mr. J. E. Q. Maddox, Finance Secretary ; Mrs. M. E. Trout, Mrs. Henriette M. Ogborn, Mrs. M. M. Bowen, Rev. William McKibbin, D. D., Rev. D. J. Starr, D. D.. Rev. H. T. Steward, D. D., Rev. Frank Granstaff, Rev. J. M. Anderson, Mr. Robert Freeland, Capt. E. R. Monfort. JOHN JUNKIN FRANCIS. CHARLES B. MORRELL. TABLE OF CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF THE MOVEMENT. The great combination. — Plan of organization. — The ma- chiner3'. — Preparatory steps. — Beginning of the story. — Evangelical Alliance. — Union prayer-meetings of the Winter of 1891. — First proposition for an evangelist. The original Executive Committee. — Rev. B. Fay Mills selected. — Correspondence opened. — Conditions of asso- ciation.— Letter from Mr. Mills. — The churches invited. Dr Simpson visits Mr. Mills. — Mr. Mills and Mr. Green- wood visit Cincinnati. — Perfecting plans. — Sixteen weeks of earnest work. — Dr. Chapman and Mr. Stebbins secured. — The city districted. — Committees appointed. — Address to the churches and pastors. — Mass meeting, January 7, 1892. — All-day prayer-meetings. — Final letter to the pastors. — The evangelists arrive. — First service on Walnut Hills.— The story of the Revival. — Who can tell it? — Results. . . . , . i_32 CHAPTER II. THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. Names of members. — Origin of the Executive Committee. — The child of the Alliance.— First recorded minutes. — Arranging details. — Time for the revival services fixed. Music Hall secured.— Office in the Y. M. C. A. — Ex- tracts from the minutes. — The Manual printed. — Rev. A. E. Thompson, D. D. — Welcome to Mr. Mills. — A Me- morial Volume to be prepared. — The closing of business houses. — Committee to arrange for farewell banquet. — Denominational analysis of the Executive Committee. — Harmony of action. .... 34-46 xiv Contents. CHAPTER III. THE SIX OTHER COMMITTEES. Mr. Mills' plan of organization. — Constitution of the com- mittees.—I. The Committee on Finance. — Names. — Mr. Mills' suggestions. — Five thousand dollars needed Assessment on the churches. — How the money was expended. — II. The Committee on Advertising. — Names. — Suggestions of Mr. Mills. — Great work done. Specimens of cards and tickets used. — III. The Com- mittee ON Canvassing. — Names. — Duties of the committee. — Sample canvassing cards. — IV. The Com- mittee ON Music. — Names. — Organizing the great chorus-choir. — Mr. Mills' suggestions. — Sample choir tickets and pledges. — V. The Committee on Ushers. Names. — Importance of this work. — Organizing the ushers. — " Assistant evangelists." — Grand Chief Usher, C. A. Sanders. — Samples of instructions and tickets. — VI. The Devotional Committee. — Names. — Duties. — Suggestions. — Arranging of special services. 47-70 CHAPTER IV. METHODS AND ELEMENTS OF SUCCESS. General facts in regard to the movement. — Unity and cooper- ation.— Mr. Mills supported by the pastors and churches. The power of numbers. — Twenty thousand people at one day's .services. — The first night at Music Hall. — Ab- sence of excitement. — Deep solemnity. — Carefully planned work. — Attention to details. — The card system. How worked. — Fac-simile of the " Inquirers' Card." Average daily signatures. — Mathematical demonstra- tion.— Golden opportunities. — The "Midweek Sab- bath."— Three thousand business houses closed. — A memorable day. — Remarkable scenes. — The work of the Holy Spirit. ..... 71-84 Contents. xv chapter v. the evangelical alliance to the churches. Meeting, January 19, 1892. — Letter to the churches. — Need for the work. — Faith, prayer, and cooperation urged. — The meetings should have the right of way. 85- 87 CHAPTER VI, BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF REV. B. PAY MILLS. Portrait. — Place and date of birth. — Parentage. — Mr. Mills at college. — Licensed and ordained. — First work in the Black Hills. — Pastorate in Rutland, Vermont. — First evangelistic work. — Nine years a pastor. — Becomes an evangelist. — Places visited. — Present plan developed. — Mr. Mills' home and family. — Singers. — Mr. Mills as an author. — Personal characteristics. — Mr. Mills as a preacher. — Fundamental principles. . 88-95 CHAPTER VII. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF MR. LAWRENCE B. GREENWOOD. Portrait. — Place and date of birth. — Collegiate course. — Marriage. — Present home. — Licensed to preach. — But prefers to sing the Gospel. — Ranks at the top. — Charac- teristics of his singing. — Ability to handle a great choir of one thousand voices. — Work among inquirers. 96, 97 CHAPTER VIII. SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS. Dates of meetings. — Places of meetings. — Other meetings of groups of churches. . . . 98-100 CHAPTER IX. WALNUT HILLS DISTRICT. The opening service. — Introductorj' exercises. — First singing by Mr. Greenwood and the choir. — First words by Dr. Simpson. — First prayer by Dr. McKibbin and Rev. \V. xvi Contents. E. lyoucks. — First sermon by Mr. Mills. — Full sketch of sermon. — Second day's services. — First Sunday-school conference. — Meetings of teachers. — First Sunday. — Young people's ser\ace. — Testimonies. — Men only. — God knocking.— Fifth day. — Ladies' prayer-meeting. — Out- line of sermon. — Sixth day. — Seventh day. — "Mid- week Sabbath." — Cottage and church prayer-meetings. — The Congregational Church overflow. — Remaining days. Women's union prayer-meetings on Walnut Hills. 101-143 CHAPTER X. MT. AUBURN DISTRICT. First service in Avondale. — Services in Presbyterian Church, ^Mt. Auburn. — Ladies' prayer-meeting in M. E. Church. Special service in Baptist Church. — Service in Clifton. Address of Mrs. Ballington Booth on Mt. Auburn, in Baptist Church. — Sermon by Dr. J. Wilbur Chapman, on "The Five Crowns." . . . 144-165 CHAPTER XI. COVINGTON DISTRICT. Opening night. — Great interest from the first. — Mr. Mills and Dr. Chapman alternate. — Closing of business houses. — Sermon by Dr. Chapman on "Forsaking All for Christ." ..... 166-176 CHAPTER XII. EAST AND WEST DISTRICTS CONSOLIDATED. In the heart of the city. — Mr. Mills and Dr. Chapman. — First service in St. Paul M. E. Church. — Sermon by Mr. Mills, on " Agonizing Prayer." — First service in Central Christian Church. — Morning meetings in Central Con- gregational Church. — Ladies' prayer meetings in the Ninth street Baptist Church. — Full report of Sunday- school Conference in the Y. M. C. A. 177-214 Contents. xvii CHAPTER XIII. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. Rev. J. Wilbur Chapman, D. D. — Portrait. — Place and date of birth —At College and Theological Seminary. Student work in Indiana. — First charge. — Called to Albany.— Now pastor of Bethany Church, Philadelphia. Doctor of Divinity.— Marriage.— Evangelistic work. — Personal traits. .... 215-218 Mr. George C Stebbins.— Portrait.— Place and dateof birth. Singing in Bo.ston.— Assisting Mr. Moody.— Visit to In- dia, Egypt and Palestine.--Song services in Naples, Rome, Paris, London, etc.— Joint author of "Gospel Hymns." Popular songs written by Mr. Stebbins. . 218-220 CHAPTER XIV. ministers' day. — A CONFERENCE. Subject: "A Soul-winning Church." — Address by Dr. Chapman.— History of Bethany Church.— Methods em- ployed.— Questions and answers. . . 220-532 CHAPTER XV. AFTERNOON SERVICES, NINTH STREET BAPTIST CHURCH. Distinguishing features.— Chiefly for Christians.— Endue- ment of power from on High. — Hallowed memories. 232-235 CHAPTER XVI. NOON-DAY PRAYER-MEETINGS. Wonderful gathering for prayer and praise. — List of topics. Good cheer meetings. — Testimonies. — Full report of a " Good Cheer Meeting." . . . 235-245 CHAPTER XVII. MR. MILLS AT NORTH PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Union service of Cumminsville churches. — Also Camp Wash- ington and Winton Place.— Mr. Mills preaches.— Dr. Simpson preaches to an overflow meeting. 245-246 xviii Contents. CHAPTER XVIII. A TYPICAL SABB.\TH-SCHOOL SERVICE. Carr3'ing out Mr. Mills' suggestion. — At the Fifth Presby- terian Church. — Bringing a vSabbath-school to Christ. 246-248 CHAPTER XIX. MUSIC HALL MEETINGS. Opening night at Music Hall. — A great crush. — Thousands turned away. — An inspiring sight. — ^Mr. Greenwood and the grand choir. — Comprehensive service. — Bishop Joyce " Woe to them that are at ease in Zion." — Sermon on " Forsaking Sin." — " Is the young man safe?" — " Secret sins." — " The excuses." — A typical " after-meeting described.— First Sunda}' in Music Hall. — Mr. Mills at the Union Bethel. — Last "Young People's Meeting." Afternoon services at Music Hall. — Mr. Mills' sermon on "Motherhood," in full. — The "Midweek Sabbath." Three thousand business houses closed. — Remarkable scenes. — Three great services at Music Hall. — Reasons for thankfulness. — Sermon on "And Peter." — Stumbling at noondaj'. — The unpardonable sin. — The L.a.st D.\y, March 6. — At the House of Refuge. — At the Work House. A hundred prisoners rise for prayer. — Afternoon at Music Hall. — The choir present a gold watch to Mr. Greenwood. — Farewell Service — Thousands turned awaj'. — Overflow meeting in the Odeon.— Rev. Johnston Myers preaches. — Mr. Mills' last sermon. — Farewell speeches by local clergymen and laymen. — Mr. Mills and Mr. Greenwood say " Good-by." — Chautauqua salute. " God be with 5'ou till we meet again." — The final hand- shaking.— Special service on Price Hill. . 249-329 CH.A.PTER XX. incidents of THE REVIVAL. Incandescence.— Can a blind man see?— The Russian famine sufferers. — Picture of the great choir. — The ushers' ban- Contents. xix quet. — Visiting ushers. — The ministers' banquet at the Gibson House. — " Bub, that 's the minister's chair." — A good schmoker. — Letter from Wm. Mendenhall. — A specimen of the Spirit's work. — Sentences from Mr. Mills' last sermon. .... 321-333 CHAPTER XXI. HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE EVANGEIvICAL ALLIANCE. Early history. — Prominent names. — Constitution and doc- trinal basis. .... 334-337 CHAPTER XXII. THE FIXANCES. Work of the committee. — Letter to the churches. — Treas- urer's report. — Famine collection. . 338-340 CHAPTER XXIII. RESULTS — PRESENT AND PROSPECTIVE. Immediate results. — Change in tone and courage of the churches. — The Lord magnified. — A wide work. Absence of friction. — A thorough work. — SuflB.ciency of the Gospel. — Spirit of fraternity. — Value of organized and united effort. — The tone of the daily press friendly. " Cincinnati for Christ." . . . 341-349 CHAPTER XXIV. CARD SIGNATURES Method of distribution. — Signatures by districts. — Signa- tures by churches. — Signatures by denominations. 350-353 CHAPTER XXV. REV. J. W. SIMPSON, D. D. The leader of a great movement. — President of the Evan- gelical Alliance. — Chairman of the Executive Committee. Respect and confidence of his brethren. . 354 XX Contents. CHAPTER XXVI. HYMNS. Where Will Yoii Spend Eternity? words and music ; a favor- ite solo of Mr. Greenwood's. — Satisfied; words and music, a favorite solo of Mr. Stebbins. — Thy Gift; an Easter prelude, dedicated to Mr. Mills and Mr. Greenwood, by Mary M. Bowen. , . . 355-357 CHAPTER XXVII. THE MANUAL. List of districts. — Cooperating churches. — Names and ad- dresses of pastors. — Executive Committee. — General committees. — District organizations and committees. — List ot canvassers. — Roll of ushers. — Roll of the great choir. ....... 359 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 1. Portrait of Rev. B. Fay Mills Frontispiece 2. Portraits of Revs. Simpson, Lewis, Francis and Dr. Morrell I 4- Portraits of Messrs. Brown, Sage, Maddox and Manss 4S Portraits of Messrs. Howser, Shutt, Peck and Mendenhall 56 5. Portraits of Revs. Bell, Morris, Steward and Cooper 68 6. Portraits of Revs. Warren, Gilchrist, Curtis and Anderson 78 7. Portrait of Rev. B. Fay Mills (full length) 88 8. Portrait of Lawrence B. Greenwood 9^ 9. First Presbyterian Church, Walnut Hills loi 10. Portraits of Revs. Priest, Bickley, Neel and Keene 104 11. Walnut Hills M. E. Church no 12. Walnut Hills Congregational Church 115 13. Portraits of Revs. McKibben, Loucks, Tannar and Griffiths — 120 14. Portraits of Revs. Rust, Moore, Tyler and Robinson 128 15. Mt. Auburn Presbyterian Church I44 16. Mt. Auburn Baptist Church I47 17. First Presbyterian Church, Covington 160 18. First Presbyterian Church (interior) I77 19. St. Paul M. E. Church I79 20. Central Christian Church (interior) I95 21. Central Congregational Church I97 22. Y. M. C. A. Building 202 23. Portrait of Rev. J. W. Chapman 215 24. Portrait of Geo. C. Stebbins 21S 25. Ninth Street Baptist Church 232 26. Portraits of Revs. Shannon, Shirey, Meyers and Markham 234 27. Portraits of Revs. Warren, Pearson, Holt and Starr 238 28. Music Hall 249 29. Portraits of Revs. Lockwood, Dawson, Walker and Robbins — 252 30. Portraits of Revs. Ritchie, Walden, Lasher and Montfort 256 31. Portraits of Messrs. Sanders, Johnson, Carpenter and Joyce 264 32. Portraits of Messrs. Hearne, Gibson, Morris and Webb 266 33. Portraits of Revs. Riggs, Nippert, McChesney and Hall 280 34. Portraits of Revs. Granstaff, Lyman, LeSourd and Smith 290 35. Portraits of Revs. Cowden, Simonton, McKinney and Magruder 300 XXI xxii List of Illustrations. 36. Portraits of Eevs. Ince, Peters, Sweeney and Oetgen 304 37. Portraits of Revs. Robertson, Bailey, Shorten and Simmons 314 38. Westminster Presbyterian Church, Price Hill 319 39. Portraits of Revs. Walker, Payne, Wagner and Curnick 320 40. Portraits of Revs. Rishell, Washburn, McHugh and Fritz 336 41. Portraits of Revs. Blackburn, Sutton, Young and McCabe 345 V \ KEV. J. W. SIMPSON, D.D. F:is!or cf Congregational Church. Walnut Hills. Chairman i>r Mills Executive Committee. KEV. E. S. LEWIS, D.D. Pastor of Trinity M. E. Church. . cretary of Mills E.xeciitive Committee. REV. J. J. I'RANCIS, D.D. Kditor of Mill.-. Meetir.gs .Memorial V.jiunit Member ot .Mills Kxeciitive CummUiee. CH.\S. B. MOKRIU.I., M. D. Asso. iat<- Editor of Mills Meetin.es Memorial Volume. THE GREAT REVIVAL IN CINCINNATI. ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF THE MOVEMENT. The great religious movement in Cincinnati, under the leadership of Rev. B. Fay Mills, will take its place in history as one of the most unique and remark- able union evangelistic efforts of modern times. Never before in any one city have so many different churches, representing so many denominations, been enlisted in a similar manner. The preparations were in progress continuously for more than a year before the services began. Seventy-one churches, numbering probably twenty thousand communicants, were banded together in one grand organization, for the specific purpose of endeavoring to reach with the Gospel of Christ, and by personal influence, the entire unevan- gelized population of the cities on both sides of the river. In the actual organization, on the various central and district committees, including the canvassers, ushers, and chorus singers, were enrolled the names of not less than two thousand Christian men and women, pledged to active cooperation and definite work, all under the direction of the General Executive Committee. Mills Meetings PLAN OF ORGANIZATION. The unique feature of this great organization and work consists in the division of the city into districts, each district having a complete set of committees, and the holding of special services in these districts succes- sively for a number of days, under the district com- mittees, and then massing all the districts in a closing series of great union services in a central locality un- der a set of central committees, made up of the chair- men of the respective district committees, and with the massed choirs and ushers of all the districts. The idea of this peculiar form of organization, and this method of carrying on an evangelistic movement in a large city, originated with Mr. Mills, and was first car- ried into effect, with great success, in the city of Cleve- land one year ago, in the wonderful revival services held by him in that city, in which forty-five churches were united, and which resulted in thousands of con- versions. This plan, on the most extensive scale ever yet at- tempted, has been brought to the greatest possible per- fection in all its details in the Cincinnati organization, and every minutest feature of it under the personal supervision of Mr. Mills. To many of those who, under his direction, have been engaged in the construc- tion of this extensive and apparently complicated machinery, the mechanical features of the preparations seemed at times unpleasantly obtrusive, and some were disposed occasionally to criticize, and to question the necessity or propriety of it all, for a great spiritual work. But Mr. Mills was firm, and insisted upon at- tention to every detail. When at length the time Memorial Volume. 3 came for the services to begin, the wisdom of the mas- ter-mind, which in the Hght of a large experience and under the guidance, as no one now doubts, of God's Spirit, had devised the entire scheme from beginning to end, became at once apparent. The great m.achinc, so perfect in all its parts, was put in motion, and un- seen and unheard by the gathered multitudes, itself hidden entirely from view, as noiselessly and smoothly, and yet as efficiently, as the mighty Corliss engine at the Centennial, it did its work, and accomplished its purpose. There was no further thought of criticism. Every one who was familiar with its workings saw the value of it all, and the marvelous wisdom with which it had been planned. Each committee, and each m-cmber of each committee, had a definite work to do, and did it without jar or friction. The multiplied meetings, the places for them, the ministers in charge, were arranged by the Devotional Committee ; the hun- dreds of canvassers bore to every street and alley and home and factory the tens of thousands of perso- nal and printed invitations ; the Advertising Commit- tee kept in touch with the daily newspapers, and plac- arded hundreds of bulletin boards and street cars and churches and hotels daily with the ever-changing an- nouncements, and flooded the city from center to cir- cumference with hundreds of thousands of cards and tickets ; pledges for the necessary money for all ex- panses of every kind were quietly secured beforehand by the Finance Committee, and every bill paid, as it was contracted, by the Treasurer; every singer in every choir knew just at what services, on what dates, and in what places, he was to sing ; and every usher knew just what seats in what building, and on which 4 Mills Meetings day or evening, were to be in his charge ; and all the while, in addition to two and three preaching serv- ices every day, from his room in the Gibson House, the hand of the one remarkable man who planned it all rested daily and hourly upon every part of the work, and held in its grasp every detail. Thus all these mechanical arrangements were thor- oughly provided for, without ever being brought into the meetings to distract the minds of the people, or to disturb in any way the solemnity of the services. During all the seven weeks of daily services not a sin- gle collection was taken up, nor was any reference made to the work of any of the committees, and probably there was scarcely one of the vast multitudes who thronged the churches and Music Hall, listening with rapt attention to the convincing Gospel mes- sages as they fell from the lips of Mr. Mills and Dr. Chapman, or to the persuasive Gospel songs of Mr. Greenwood and Mr. Stebbins, who ever thought for a moment of the great machinery which was all the while so silently in operation, or of the many long weeks and months of busy planning and arranging of details which lay back of these public meetings. The reader will do well to bear this in mind, in con- nection with the history of these preliminary arrange- ments which follows, (i) in order that he may see their vital relation to the ultimate success of the move- ment, and (2) in order that he may know how entirely they were hidden from view when the real evangelis- tic work began. Next to Mr. Mills, the success of the work of plan- ning and organizing is due in a large measure to the wise, faithful; zealous and untiring labors of the efifi- Memorial Volume. 5 cicnt and devoted chairman, and secretary of the Executive Committee, Rev. J. W. Simpson, D. D., pastor of the Walnut Hills Congregational Church, and Rev. E. S. Lewis, D. D., pastor of Trinity Meth- odist Episcopal Cliurch, both of whom were gifted with peculiar qualifications for the positions of grave responsibility to which they were called ; and also to the chairmen and secretaries of the districts, and of the various central and district committees, and the members of the General Executive Committee. Then, in addition to these leaders, every pastor, every com- mittee-man and woman, every choir-singer, every can- vasser, and every usher seemed to vie 'with the rest to do all that faith, prayer, and self-sacrificing effort could do, to aid in the glorious work of bringing the whole city to Christ. Denominational differences were for- gotten, and the hearts of Christian people flowed to- gether in a unity of desire and purpose and effort, such as this city has never before witnessed. It was a real- ization in fact of the ideal expressed in the words, — "One is your Master, eveii Christ, and all ye are brethren." The object of this chapter is to give a brief histor- ical account of this great Union Revival Movement in Cincinnati, from its inception, until the coming of Messrs. Mills and Greenwood, and the opening of the services in the First District, on Walnut Hills. Other historical facts in reference to the preliminary work will be found under the head of "The Executive Committee." preparatory steps. The first recorded action looking toward this sub- sequent remarkable development — a development 6 Mills Meetings wholly unanticipated, of course, at that time — is given in the Minutes of the Evangelical Alliance of Cincin- nati (an organization of the ministers of the city, of all denominations), under date of Monday, November 10, 1890. , At the meeting of the Alliance held on that day in Wiley Hall, "the following subjects were adopted for discussion : — " I. — The Difficulties in the Way of a General Revival in this City; to be opened by Dr. J. J. Francis. " II. — Suggestions as to How the Desired General Re- vival can be Secured ; to be opened by Dr. John Pearson." This brief record is the beginning of the story of the most notable revival in the history of this city. It had its origin in a company of ministers of the Gospel, as- sembled together to consider the interests of Christ's Kingdom. It was not an arbitrary pre-arrangement, but a gradual growth, under the guidance, as we be- lieve, of the Holy Spirit. It was born of the Spirit in the hearts of these servants of God, in a recognition of the great necessity for a " general and mighty grace in 07ir city,'' and the hindrances in the way of such a work, together with an earnest desire and purpose to remove these hindrances, and to secure the needed blessing. At the next meeting of the Alliance, held Decem- ber 8, 1890, after a further discussion of the same sub- ject, in which Bishop Walden, Dr. McKibbin, Messrs. Robbins, Childs, Smith, Dr. Leonard and others par- ticipated, "a committee, consisting of Drs. G. K. Morris, Lasher, McKibbin, Tyler, and Warrep, was appointed to consider the question of appointing a di.y Memorial Volume. ^ 7 of humiliation and prayer for the outpouring of the Holy Spirit on the city. This committee presented the following report, which was adopted, and the same committee was continued to arrange for the carrying out of its recommendations : " Your Committee recommend that this Alliance urge upon the individual churches of all denominations the de- sirability and practicability of observing Wednesday 01 the Week of Prayer as a day of special humiliation and prayer ; the day to be observed as each church may decide to be the wisest and best. We would suggest that the thoughts for the day bear directly upon the moral and religious needs of our city and vicinitj-, and the best method of meeting them. " We also recommend that a Union Midday Prayer- meeting, with reference to the same thought, be held each day during that week at some central point, to be led on succeeding days by pastors of different denominations." These recommendations were carried out, with very gratifying results. During the " Week of Prayer" beginning Monday, Januarys, 1891, daily union noon- day prayer meetings were held at the old building of the Y. M. C. A., Sixth and Elm streets, led by pastors of the city. These meetings were characterized by spirit- uality and earnestness to a marked degree. They were continued for several weeks afterwards, and were then transferred for a time to the First Presbyterian Church. During this entire period the interest seemed to be chiefly among the ministers, whose hearts were bur- dened with a strong desire for a blessing upon their churches. On February 9, 1891, at the meeting of the Evan- gelical Alliance, the subject for consideration was "General Subject: The Religious Outlook in our City." 8 Mills Meetings First Topic: 'The Present Condition of the Church;" to be opened by Dr. Warren. Second Topic : " The Results of Recent Revival Efforts;" to be opened by Dr. McKibbin. Third Topic: "Advanced Steps to be Taken;" to be opened by Dr. Keen. A committee consisting of Rev. S. A. Keen, D. D., D., of the Methodist Episcopal Church ; Rev. Wil- liam McKibben, D. D. , of the Presbyterian Church ; Rev. J. W. Simpson, D. D., of the Congregational Church; Rev. E. K. Bell, D. D., of the Lutheran Church; Rev. J. Z. Tyler, D. D., of the Christian Church ; Rev. Johnston Myers, of the Baptist Church ; Rev. D. McKinney, of the Reformed Pres- byterian Church ; Rev. J. C. Smith, of the Covenanter Church, was appointed to consider the whole subject, and report to the Alliance next Monday. FIRST PROPOSITION FOR AN EVANGELIST. The following Monday, February i6, 1891, this Committee on Future Revival Work presented their report, as follows : Your committee appointed to report upon a co-opera- tive plan of evangelization in this city, beg leave to submit the following. First. It is the sense of this committee that there should be held each week a meeting of the Alliance for prayer and conference respecting steps necessary to be tak- en in the work. Second. That a union daily prayer meeting should be held daily at 3 p. m., in the business center of the city. Third. That a mass union service be held on Sabbath afternoons in some centrally located church. Fourth. That combinations of churches to hold union Memorial Volume. 9 service be formed in various parts of the city, as the pastors may decide among themselves. Fifth. That as early as practicable an evangelist of ac- credited power and usefulness be secured, to spend several months in our city and vicinity, taking the leadership of the work. [Signed], S. A. Keen, Chairman, The very gradual development of the plan is strikingly indicated by the fact that this report, adopt- ed more than three months after the mception of the movement, contains t\iQ first suggestion or mention of an " evangelist." THE ORIGINAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. The report was adopted (with the exception of the tJiird item), and the carrying out of its recommenda- tions was referred to the "Executive Committee of the Alliance," to which were added, with reference to this work, Dr. S. A. Keen, Rev. Johnston Myers, and Rev. W. H. Warren. The members of the commit- tee thus designated were : Rev. J.W.Simpson, D. D„ President; Pastor Walnut Hills Congregational Church. Rev. J. J. Francis, D. D., Vice-President; Pastor Central Presbyterian Church. Rev. John Pearson, D. D., Vice-President ; Presid- ing Elder Methodist Episcopal Church. Rev. Wii^IvIAm McKibbin, D. D., Vice-President , Pas- tor Walnut Hills First Presbyterian Church. Rev. G. R. Robbins, Vice-President; Pastor Lincoln Park Baptist Church. Rev. a. Ritchie, D. D., Secretary; of Presbyterian Church ; General Secretary Western Tract Society. Rev. E. K. Belt., D. D., Mem. Ex. Com.; Pastor First English Lutheran Church. io Mills Meetings Rev. J. Z. Tyler, D. D., Mem. Ex. Com.; Pastor Cen- tral Christian Church. Rev. G. K. Morris, D. D., Mem. Ex. Com.; Pastor St. Paul Methodist Episcopal Church. Rev. J. C. Smith, Mem. Ex. Com.; Pastor Clinton St. Covenanter Reformed Presbyterian Church. Rev. D. McKinney, Mem. Ex, Com.; Pastor First Re- formed Presbyterian Church. Rev. H. W. Gilchrist, Mem. Ex. Com.; Pastor First Presbyterian Church. Rev. S. a. Keen, D. D., Special Member; Pastor Wal- nut Hills Methodist Episcopal Church. Rev. Johnston Myers, Special Member; Pastor Ninth Street Baptist Church. Rev. W. H. Warren, Special Member ; Pastor Cen- tral Congregational Church. With the appointment of this committee, or rather the reference to it of this special work, the history of the "Mills Meetings Executive Committee," which afterwards had charge of the entire movement, prop- erly begins. (For a full account of its work see the chapter on "The General Executive Committee.") The first act of this committee, on the very day of its appointment, was to direct its chairman. Dr. Simp- son, "to correspond with Rev. B. Fay Mills, and, if possible, secure his services for three months, com- mencing October i, 1891, to conduct union revival services in this city, under the auspices of the Evan- gelical Alliance." This date (Feb. 16) is historically important, as determining four points : (i) the securing of an evangelist, (2) the appointing of a committee to take charge of the work, (3) the selection of the evangelist, and (4) the fixing of the time. The last of these (that is, the time when the service should begin) Memorial Volume. i i was afterwards twice changed to suit the convenience of all parties. Some changes were also made, from time to time, in the committee. But from this date the movement assumed a definite form. The thoughts of the committee were turned to Mr. Mills, both because of his established reputation as an evangelist, and chiefly decause of the remarkable success attending his labors in the union services then being held by him in the city of Cleveland. Dr. Simpson, accordingly put himself at once into communication with him by correspondence. The re- sult was a conditional agreement, which was reported by Dr. Simpson to the committee immediately, and became the basis of all subsequent plans. The conditions of this agreement were substan. tially the same as those contained in Mr. Mills' book of ' ' Suggestions to Committees in charge of Speeial Meetings Conducted by Rev. B. Fay Mills,'' and which we give in part below, or in connection with the var- ious committees, in the chapters on "Committees." The general conditions are as follows : CONDITIONS OP ASSOCIATION. 1. That all the churches concerned shall be considered as one church, and all the services merged in the union gatherings, save where exceptions shall be made with the approval of Mr. Mills. 2. That all the affairs of the local churches shall be committed to their representatives on * the General Com- * In the Cincinnati movement there was 710 such committee as that which is here designated as the " General Committee." The work in this city originated with the " Evangelical Alliance," and hence the " Evangelical Alliance " practically took the place of the " General Committee." The number of members, also, in the various commit- tees differed from the number suggested by Mr. Mills. The Finance Committee, for instance, was made up of two men from each district, making a committee of ten. — Editor. 12 Mills Meetings mittee, who shall have full authority to act for every church in the combination. The representation of any church shall be understood as expressing assent to these conditions, which should have the endorsement not of the pastors alone, but also of the ffiocial boards of all the churches. le;tte;r. Dear Brethren : — I have accepted your invitation to assist in your contemplated evangelistic efforts with great pleasure. If you have not yet obtained the cooperation of all churches that would naturally receive benefit from the movement, please do so at once. This cooperation implies the heartiest efforts and sacrifices to make the movement a success. It must be understood that during the meetings they are to form the work of the Church, and no ordinary church plans or customary order must be allowed to inter- fere for an instant with the carrying out of the plans of your committees. For the time being, the united churches are to work as one church, under the directions of the com- mittees appointed by them. Do not consider any sacrifice too great to be made for this eflort. It is in your power so to act that God shall move your city as never before, and you shall have the greatest opportunity of your life for Christian service. Plan great things, make great sacrifices and great efforts, and expect a mighty blessing. lyct each church appoint from one to three representatives on a * general committee, so as to make the entire number not far from fifteen ; unless the uniting churches number more than fifteen, in which case let each church have one repre- sentative. Let all the active pastors be e.v-officio members of this General Committee, though none of them need nec- essarily be appointed on any sub-committee but the Ex- ecutive. After selecting a chairman and secretary, appoint a Nominating Committee of one from each denomination rep- *See note, foot of page n. Memorial Volume. 13 resented. lyct them retire at once and report the names for membership on the Executive Committee, etc. . . . Let the Executive Committee now proceed to the consid- eration of the suggestions to them hereinafter contained. . . . . In the meantime let the Nominating Committee carefully consider and appoint the best men in any of the churches for 1. The Committee on Finance. 3 members. 2. The Committee on Advertising. 4 members. 3. The Committee on Canvassing. 5 members. 4. The Committee on Music. 3 members. 5. The Committee on Ushers. 3 members. 6. The Devotional Committee. 3 members. ( Select this committee from members of the Executive Committee. Each of these committees is to be independent of the others, and subject only to the Executive or General Com- mittee. The following suggestions have to be fitted to a great variety of places and circumstances, and so may need to be altered in some cases ; but committees are urgently request- ed not do less than is suggested herein without consultation with me. Each committee has entire regulation of the amounts to be expended by them, and need only report bills, properly endorsed, to the Committee on Finance. (Mr. Mills then proceeds to address each committee in detail, making suggestions which will be found un- der the heads of the respective committees, and clos- ing with the following words to the pastors, and a con- cluding earnest exhortation to all the people of God concerned.) TO the; pastors. I need not say that the benefit your church will receive in our coming united effort, depends largely upon you. Plan and work as if it depended entirely upon you. Arrange all missionary, financial, social, and other not distinctively 14 Mills Meetings spiritual affairs of your congregation, so that no appoint- ments can by any possibility conflict with the meetings. Let your ordinary preaching, prayer meetings, Sundaj^- schools, and extra services for preaching and prayer, all bear directly on the coming effort. I should advise you to hold at least four or five special services in ^-our own church for prayer and confession of sin and spiritual quickening before any of the union meetings commence. Notify your people repeatedly that you expect them to arrange their social, business, domestic and other arrangements so that they can attend all the services, and give their time to definite Christian work. You may find it of interest to make a list of all the unconverted in your congregation, and during the month before the meetings to make a personal appeal to them ta yield to the Master. The first three or four days of the meetings will be of the greatest importance. Please emphasize the value of the afternoon ser^^ices, and state that they will generally not exceed an hour in length. " It is time to seek the Lord, till He come and rain right- eousness upon us." CONCLUSION. Finally, permit me to say that while you can not over- estimate the desirability of careful preparation, the church and pastor will receive the greatest benefit who are best prepared spiritually for the work, and ready to make the greatest sacri- fices for its success. Be sure your own hearts are right in the sight of God. In the closet, the home, the praj'er meeting, the Sunday-school and the pulpit, let there be heart-searching and complete consecration. Pra}' for me. Ask God to give me humilit}-, that "he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together." God's "set time to favor Zion is come," when His people care more for their own and their neighbors' spiritual intere.sts than for pleasure, money, formality, pride, prejudice or convenience. I pray God that I may " come to you in the fullness of the blessing of the Gospel of Christ. Now I beseech you, breth- Memorial Volume. 15 ren, for the Lord Jesus Christ's sake, and for the love of the Spirit, that ye strive together in your prayers to God for me, . . , that I may come unto you with joy, by the will of God, and may with you be refreshed." In weakness and in fear and in much trembling, and yet with confidence in God and great expectations, I remain, Yours in the Master's service, B. Fay Mills. At a meeting of the Alliance held March 9, 1891, the minutes state : * ' The action of the Executive Committee was read and approved, making the question of obtaining Rev. B. Fay Mills as an evangelist for a short time in our city the question of the day, for dis- cussion at this meeting ; the question involved (that is, the conditions required by Mr. Mills) to be presented by Drs. Francis and Tyler. Dr. Francis read a letter from Mr. Mills, and Dr. Tyler read the Suggestions to Committees prepared by Mr. Mills, After a full con- sideration it was resolved that the matter be referred to the enlarged Executive Committee to ascertain what churches are willing to unite in the movement, and agree to the requirements in the case." The special Executive Committee at once appointed a committee of its members, consisting of Drs. Keen, Tyler and Francis, to communicate with the pastors of the city, and ascertain what churches would pledge their cooperation in the movement. This committee addressed the following circular letter, dated March 20, 1 89 1, to each pastor, accompanied by a copy of Mr. Mills' pamphlet of "Suggestions:" THE EVANGELICAL ALLIANCE OF CINCINNATI. Dear Brother : The Evangelical Alliance of Cin- cinnati has invited the Rev. B. Fay Mills, Evangelist, i6 Mills Meetings to lead a general revival movement in our city, begin ning October ist, 1891, to continue several weeks. It is necessary, in order to secure Mr, Mills' serv- ices, that the churches which may join in the move" ment pledge the cooperation of their pastors and official boards to the conditions under which Mr. Mills agrees to come. These conditions, together with the plan of the meetings, you will find given in enclosed pamphlet. Please call your Board together soon. Read before them this pamphlet. Note particularly the following conditions : 1. Rev. Mr. Mills must have the sole direction of the meetings. 2. All the regular services of the respective churches must be merged in the union movement dur- ing Mr. Mills' leadership. 3. The churches combining in the movement must agree to bear the incidental expenses of the series of meetings. We hope you and your church will ratify the action of the Alliance by pledging your cooperation in this movement. Prompt action is necessary to secure Mr. Mills. Now is the time to prepare for a vigorous cam- paign, looking to the evangelization of our city. We have been appointed by the Executive Committee to correspond with you and receive your reply. Please communicate your decision to Rev. J. J. Francis, 326 West Ninth street, as early as possible. S. A. Keen, J. Z. Tyler, J. J. Francis, March 20th, i8gi. Committee. Memorial Volume. 17 A few days later (Oct. 19) Mr. Mills notified the Executive Committee that (with the approval of the committee which had previously been given) he had secured the assistance of Rev. J. Wilbur Chapman, D. D., the pastor of the great Bethany Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, for three weeks of the meetings (from Feb. i to 21), and that during that time he and Dr. Chapman would hold the meetings simultaneously, first in Mt. Auburn and Covington, and afterward in the East and West Districts, preaching alternately in the two districts where the meetings were being held. Afterwards it was arranged that Dr. Chapman should have associated with him the distinguished musical composer and evangelistic singer, Mr. George C. Steb- bins. The schedule of dates was accordingly changed to that which was finally followed in the meetings. Music Hall was at once secured for two weeks, from February 22 to March 7, and the time to be given to the first, second and third districts was slightly lengthened. SIXTEEN WEEKS OF EARNEST WORK, It would be difficult to convey to the mind of any one not familiar with it a correct idea of the amount and variety of the work done by the Executive Com- mittee, the district officers, and the district committees during the four months following the first of October, 1 89 1, in perfecting the plans for the great religious campaign which was to open January 21, 1892. This is not the place to enter into details, some of which will be given in the chapter which follows this, on the "Executive Committee," and "Other Committees." They were busy, earnest, in some respects anxious, and yet hopeful, prayerful and happy days — days never to 1 8 Mills Meetings be forgotten by these Christian brethren, who, although belonging to different denominations, were one in pur- pose and desire, and whose hearts were more closely knit together than ever before, as they prayed and planned and worked for one common blessing upon all. As the time passed on, and these ministers of Jesus learned to know each other better and better, their one- ness in Christ became more and more apparent, and the remark was heard with increasing frequency, "If this movement should stop now, before a single meet- ing was held, the good which it has accomplished already, in bringing the ministers and churches together in the wonderful spirit of unity and cooperation, would be an inestimable blessing." Time after time these busy pastors of the Executive Committee came together, and spent long hours in careful consultation, reducing to as perfect a system as possible the great work to be done. To the list of cooperating churches others were added from week to week, until the number had grown to three score and ten. As early as October 5th the organization of the dis- tricts was begun, and perfected as rapidly as possible. Each of the five districts was thoroughly organized within itself, having a chairman, a secretary, and six full committees, viz: (i) Finance, (2) Advertising (3) Canvassing, (4) Music, (5) Ushers, (6) Devotional, each having its chairman ; and in addition to these were six central committees for the final consolidated meetings in Music Hall ; all of these districts and com- mittees operating independently, except as subject to the Executive Committee. Then these equally busy pastors of the districts also came together as often as Memorial Volume. 19 necessary, in their district meetings, to plan and work and pray. Thus besides the Executive Committee there were no less than thirty-six other committees at work in this grand organization. (Seethe "Manual" in the Ap- pendix.) On November 27, Mr. Mills and Mr. Greenwood again visited the city, and held a very interesting confer- ence with a large number of the pastors, in the parlors of the Grand Hotel. ADDRESSES TO THE CHURCHES, MASS MEETING, ETC. About the first of December arrangements were made for a mass meeting of Christian workers from all the churches of the city, for the purpose of arousing a general interest in the coming meetings, to be held in the Y. M. C. A. Hall, on the evening of December 13, 1891, and a committee appointed to invite ministers and laymen from Cleveland and Chicago to be present, and address the meeting in regard to the work of Mr. Mills in those cities. The date of this mass meeting was afterwards changed to Thursday evening, January 7, 1892, and Bishop Walden was invited to be one of the speakers. At the same time the chairman was requested to pre- pare a circular letter addressed to the churches, setting forth the plans, etc., of the approaching meetings. This letter, of which twenty thousand copies were printed and distributed in the churches of the city, was as follows : TO THE CHRISTIAN CHURCHES OF CINCINNATI. Dear Friends: — Believing that you are deeply inter- ested in the moral and religious welfare of our city, and in 20 Mills Meetings all wisely conducted movements which have for their aim the salvation of souls, the building of our churches in piety, influence, effectiveness and Christly living, we take this op- portunity and method to inform you concerning the great union religious work soon to begin in our midst, and the extensive preparations which have been, and are still being, made for it. Early last Spring a number of the pastors of Cincinnati, feeling deeply the necessity of an aggressive, united, vigorous movement on the part of all our churches, if any strong and lasting spiritual impression was to be made on our city, brought the matter before the Evangelical Alliance, which includes the pastors of all our evangelical churches. After much deliberation and prayer, a committee was appointed to confer with the churches of all denomina- tions as to their willingness to enter into this work, also to correspond with and secure some leading evangelist, who en- joyed the confidence of all, and under whose leadership we could all harmoniously and happily work. The outcome of the conference and correspondence was the extension of an invitation by about sixty churches to Rev. B. Fay Mills, one of the most noted, gifted, and successful evangelists of our day, to come and labor for us for as long a period of time as he could possibly give. Aftermuch urgent solicitation, Mr. Mills accepted our invitation, and in the early Summer made us a visit, held a conference with about two hundred repre- sentatives, explained the conditions on which he would un- dertake the work, which were cordially accepted, and fixed the time when the great movement should begin. Under his directions we have divided Cincinnati and Covington into five districts : Walnut Hills forming district No. i ; Mount Axiburn, Avondale and Clifton, district No. 2 ; all the churches west of Elm street, district No. 3 ; all the churches east of Elm street, district No. 4; while the churches of Covington form a separate district. No. 5. In the first of these districts, Walnut Hills, the work will begin January 21, and continue until the end of the month, under the super- vision of Mr. Mills alone. February ist, the work will begin Memorial Volume, 21 in districts Nos. 2 and 5, Mount Auburn and Covington, and continue until February loth. In districts 3 and 4, the work will open February 11, and continue through February 21st; and then the districts as far as possible will mass in Music Hall, where meetings will be held twice a day from February 22nd until March 7th. While the work is in progress in districts Nos. 2 and 5, also in districts 3 and 4, Mr. Mills will have associated with him Dr. Chapman, of Philadelphia, whose ministry has been wonderfully successful in winning souls, and who Mr. Mills thinks possessed of rare evangelistic qualities, and pre- eminently fitted for just such a work as ours. While throughout the entire work the great singer, Mr. Greenwood, whose whole time is given to the Mills work, will have charge of the music. All these districts are fully organized under competent and devoted Christian pastors and workers, and everything that system and cooperation can do is being done to have the gospel reach and touch all our homes. Many things combine to fill us with faith and hope and courage, as our preparations go forward. Our churches are blessed with the spirit of Christian unity. For the principle of competition, the principle of cooperation has been substi- tuted. While the work of local and individual churches has not been ignored, but protected, almost all are entering heartily and with determination into the general movement, under the motto, 0/ ARCHKR BROWN. Chairman P'iiiance Committee. HKNRV W. SAGK. Vice-Chairman Finance Committee. S35.?^ feet, to be placed in front of all churches, and on all prominent corners, should never be omitted. The best shape is like this, y\^, with bills on both sides. Change the notices on them daily, or as often as any change is to be made in the services. This is very inexpen- 52 Mills Meetings sive, and is one of the most valuable methods. Placards in stores, factories, hotels, etc., and posters for bill boards and the surrounding towns and country, are also advisable. Do not try to put too much on any poster or placard, and make them all different. People can get details from other sources. Your work is to attract attention so that " he that runs may read." VIII. On Tickets, Cards, Hand-Bills, &c. — Your work will be done principally after the meetings commence. Before I come, do what you think wise in the distribution of cards or hand-bills ; and after my arrival, please confer with me at once about further work. XI. Please report to me on my arrival, and daily there- after. These suggestions were strictly observed by the committee in Cincinnati, except, of course, as to No. I. No adequate estimate can be formed of the amount of work done by this committee. To keep seventy pas- tors and churches constantly informed ; to print and change daily the large posters on hundreds of bulletin boards all over a great city; to keep in touch with all the newspapers ; to placard the different lines of electric, cable, and horse-cars ^ to attend to the printing and distribution, almost every day, of tens of thousands of tickets of" admission to special services, and tens of thousands of ever-varying announcement cards, was a task of vast dimensions. But it was admirably done. In the great Central District it seemed as if there had been a special inspiration in the selection of such able and wise men as Dr. Bell and Rev. Mr. McKinney for this important work ; and the work in the other districts shows that the other chairmen were equally faithful. We give on the following pages a few samples of the cards and tickets used in the city by them. Memorial Volume. 53 REV. B. FAY MILLS Present this Card at the Door The Evangelist, -To YOUNG PEOPLE, All Youno People fr m io to 35 vears of aq Fourth Presbyterian Church, Asbury Chapel, Pilgrim Chapel, United Presbyterian Church, The Bethel, First Presbyterian Church, MeKendree Chapel, Columbia Congregational Church, Pearl Street M. E. Church, Sixth Presbyterian Church, ARE EXPECTED- Sunday Morning, February 14, 1892, at 11 o'clock. First Presbyterian Church Fourth Street, Bet. Walnut & Main. S MUSIC HALL, Sunday, February 28, 1892 REV. B. FAY IVIIIvIvS j^ WILL PREACH \J^^ TO TV^EN ONUVlK Song Service 7:10 p. M. DOORS OPEN AT 7. Sermon 7: io P.M. Solo by Mr. Greenwood. The Choir of 700 will sing. ALL. Men i== -$- P'-^'^SE PRESENT I - - - TH(S AT " " " THE DOOR ARE INVITED TO HEAR REV. J. W CHAPMAN & REV. B. FAY MILLS St. Paul's M. E. Church, y Central Christian Church, Seventh and Smith Streets, sjj 9th St., bet. Cent. Ave. & Plum, A.t 7.30 F.IVI. ||X|| At 7.30 P. ]VI. SUNDAY, HEBr^UAI^Y !§, 1892. G"OD AT Either S Rvcg . 'g, ]VIEN ONLY Men living West of Cent. Ave. please attend St. Paul's i\L E. Church,'at 7:30. Men living East of Cent. Ave. please attend Central Christian Church, at 7:^0. Messrs. Greenwood and Stebbins will sing. 54 Mills Meetings THE MILLS ^ * MEETINGS pRrtVER Meeting Daily. 1st Presbyterian Cliureli, Fourth Street. between Main and Walnut, 12 'JO ii-A:>. RPU R flV Will I <; and St. Paul's M. E. Church, 7:30 P. M. m, Hi rAI IVI1LL5 anO central Christian Church, 7-30 P. M. Ninth Street Baptist Church, 3:30 P. M. Ladies' Prayer Meeting, Ninth St. Baptist Church, 2:45 to 3:25 daily. Central Congregational Church, 10 A. M. J, AT MUSIC HALL, Commencing . . February 22d.. . . COMMENCING FEB. 11. — SINGING BY — Messrs. Greenvrood and Stebbins, Jv^r. Mills Last Sermon ( lo to 35 years.) At 3:30 P.M. SUNDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 28, 8i~.n.gat3. At WLxjsic Hall. Doors open at 2:43 P. M. Good, till 8 o'eloek. Kj* m REV. J. W. CHAPMAN, D. D. TO VOUNG REORL ID TO 35 years. THIRD PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, Seventh St., bet. Baymiller and Linn. ALL YOUNG PEOPLE FROM Richmond St. Christian Church, Storrs Congregational Church, Grace M. P. Church. St. John M. E Church, Third Presbyterian Church, McLean M. E. Church, Price Hill Presbyterian Church, Central Presbyterian Church, Plymouth Congregat'l Church, Price Hill M. E. Church. - are EXPECTED - "13 "CD 03 ■ ^ ,,<-f Memorial Volume. 55 Special Announcement for Monday. 3:30 p. M.— Mr. Mills to MOTHERS. 7:45 P. M.— Mr. Mills on INFIDELITY IN HISTORY, Both at M:USIC HALL. THE MILLS MEETINGS, COME AND HEAR Rev. B. Fay Mills and Rev. J. W. Chapman, CENTRAL CHRISTIAN CHURCH, _„ xTT^TTrr, 9th St., bet. Central Ave. & Plum. [ Q-NIGHT ST. PAUL'S M. E. CHURCH, -.,„,,, ' Seventh and Smith Streets. * • " '=<>" <> c'oc''' ' " ■ Singing at 7:20 by Choir of 200. Solos by Messrs. Greenwood and Stebbins. Ladies' Prayer Meeting, HELD IN THE NINTH STREET BAPTIST CHURCH, Between Race and Vine Streets. 3:4s to 3:25 p. m. PRAYERS AND REMARKS LIMITED TO TWO MINUTES. Friday, Feb. 12. — " Prayer for the Holy Spirit." Lk. ir: 13. Mrs. Mary L. Wells. Monday, •' 15.—" Prayer for our Young People." Mk. 9: 14-27. Mrs. John J. Just s. Tuesday, " 16.— " Prayer for the Spirit of Willingness to Work for Christ." Mrs. Wm. H. Warren. [Acts 9: 6. Thursday," 18. — " Prayer for the Almost Persuaded." Acts 26: 28. Mrs. H. B. Belmer. Friday, " 19. — " Prayer that the Indifferent May be Awakened." Mrs. G. R. Robbins. [Acts 18: 17^ TO THE LEADER. Open aud Close on the DIfnutej Uo Not Sing Mure Tliiin Two Verses at a Time. Be lirief. Do Not Itead Here Than Four or Five Verses. $6 Mills Meetings Special Easiness J\Q\{et — /T^ori^ii^^ Seruiee. AOMIX TWO TO MUSIC HAL,I«, I Good at Plum St. North Entrance till lo A M, Doors open at 9:30. These cards, and dozens of others like them, were distributed by thousands at the meetings and all over the city, and attracted multitudes to the services. In hundreds of business houses large, handsomely printed cards were displayed in the windows, and at the churches and on the street-corners large bulletin boards were placed. III. COMMITTEE ON CANVASSING. GENERAL COMMITTEE. Geo. T. Howser, Chairman; Rev. W. E. Loucks, Walnut Gen. Sec. Y. M. C. A. Hills District. Rev. W. D. Holt, East Dis- Dr. J. Pearson, Mt. Auburn trict. District. Rev. G. R. RoBBiNS, West Dr. J. I. Blackburn, Cov- District. ington District. The work of' this committee was to organize and send out a great body of Christian men and women, selected from all the churches, to prepare the way for the coming meetings, by canvassing the entire city, and carry personally to every man and woman, in their homes and places of business, the announcements of the meetings, and earnest verbal and printed invitations to attend the services. It is probable than not less than five or six hundred persons were engaged in this c;i\()RGli T. IK i\\ Sl.K (ieneral Secretary of the Voimg Men's Christian Assiu^i^tinn.^ J. D. SHUTT. Meniher of Kirjanee Committee, Covington. CtEorc.I': pivCk. Memlicr of Finance Coirt[nitt-;e. Walnut H.ll-. W. MENDENHALI.. ■ecrelary of Statistics, anil Mr, Mills Husiness Agent. Memorial Volume. 57 department of the organization. The extent and spirit of the work may be indicated by the fact that in one district alone (the West) nearly two hundred canvassers met, at the call of their chairman, week after week in the Richmond street Christian Church, and spent the evening- in planning their work, and in prayer and praise, and the first order sent from this district to the printers was for fifty thousand printed cards of invita- tion. Mr. Mills' "Suggestions" to this committee are as follows : TO THE COMMITTEE ON CANVASSING. Divide your region into districts, and have efficient can- vassers visit every house and store and factory and office. They would better carry visiting cards, which you may have printed, leaving a space for the names to be written. " We should be glad to see some member of your family for a few minutes. We have called to present you with a special in- vitation to the tinioyi religious services soon to commence in this cityr Name This should be done the week before the meetings com- mence. I need not say that you should get efficient workers to do this. Furnish them attractive invitations, which they are to give to the people when they call — personally if possible. When the residents do not wish to see them, they may leave the invitations without a personal interview ; but when it is possible, let them try to leave a spiritual impression from the call. Keep your committee and canvassers organized, so that they can be ready for further work, if desired. We give below samples of the cards used in the Mt. Auburn District, and in the United Central Dis- 58 Mills Meetings trict, the latter being printed on both sides, the back containing the announcement of the times and places of the services, which need not be repeated here. Yourself and friends are hereby cordially invited to attend the union religious services now being conducted in our city by Rev. B. Fay Mills, the eminent evangel- ist. He will commence services in the Mt. Auburn Churches on February 2, 1892. In these services the Presbyterian, Baptist and Methodist Episcopal Churches of Avondale, Clifton and Mt. Auburn unite. The evening services will be held in the Mt. Auburn Presbyterian Church. The other meetings in the district will be an- nounced at the evening service. John Pearson, Chairman of Canvassing Cominittee. (Place for name of canvasser). This card brings to yourself, the household of which 3'ou are a member, and friends, a special and hearty invitation to attend the evangelistic services soon to begin under the leadership of Rev. B. Fay Mills and Mr. lyAWRENCE B. Greenwood. It is brought to you through a special committee representing the churches interested and cooperating in the support of these meetings. IV. THE COMMITTEE ON MUSIC. GENERAL COMMITTEE. Frank M. Joyce, Chair- C. A. Sanders, Vice-Chair- man, man; Walnut Hills District. Rev. H. W. Gilchrist, East Rev. E. A. Ince, Mt Auburn District. District. Rev. A. M. Dawson, West Col. J. A. Johnson, Cov- District. ington District. The music was a very marked feature of these great union services, and the work of the Music Committee Memorial Volume. 59 was, therefore, a very important factor of the great movement. To select, secure, and properly organize the hundreds of singers who constituted the large dis- trict choirs, and the wonderful Music Hall choir, was not a light undertaking. But the committees were equal to the task, and It is doubtful whether Mr. Greenwood ever found his department of the services more perfectly organized, and more efficient, than in musical Cincinnati. In the districts the choirs ranged from one to two hundred members, while the great choir in Music Hall numbered nearly one thousand singers, and was accompanied during all the services held there by the magnificent Music Hall organ, which ranks among the few greatest organs of the world, and which was made to produce the best possible effects by the ac- complished organists. Miss Snyder and Mr. Austin. The names of all the Music Hall choir, which in- cluded all the district choirs, are given in the last pages of this book. Mr. Sanders acted as chairman, in the absence of Mr. Joyce. The "Suggestions" of Mr. Mills to the Music Committee are as follows : TO THE COMMITTEE ON MUSIC. The book will be Gospel Hymns, No. 5, with the addi- tion of standard hymns selected by me. This is a special edition for my exclusive use, and not for sale. These books are to be furnished to 3'ou for your use during the meeting, free, on the following conditions: 1. You are to pay all cost of transportation and replace boxes, etc., where it may be necessary. 2. You are to pay Biglow&Main twent3^-foiir cents a copy for all books lost or stolen or mutilated while in your care. 6o Mills Meetings 3. You are to arrange to have Gospel Hymns, No. 5, reg- ular edition, for sale in some convenient part of the building where the meetings are held. You are to pay all cost of transportation for these books to and from the publishers. They are to be furnished you at the lowest wholesale price per hundred, and you are to sell them in no case for less than thirty cents apiece. The box containing books for the choir will be sent to you several weeks before the meetings coiumence. I think you will perceive the great liberality of this arrangement, for which you are indebted to the publishers and to Mr. Sankey. Form a large union choir of as many good voices as are obtainable, and have them commence to practice at once, and learn all the hymns in the book. You may supply the choir with books, or let the members buy them, as you wish. Se- lect a good leader to drill the choir, and engage a good organ- ist to be present at all the meetings. Keep the same organ- ist for all the services. Do not exclude singers not Christians from the choir, although the leader and organist should be earnest Christians, if possible. After I come, my musical director will take entire charge of the choir. It would be well to have an ironclad agreement with mem- bers of the choir to attend the evening meetings, and furnish them tickets of admission for the evenings when they will agree to surely be present. Arrange this so as to have the choir seats full each even- ing, giving the preference to the best singers and those who are most faithful at rehearsals. Report your plans to Mr. Lawrence B. Greenwood, Chelsea, Mass., and send him a plan of the front of the church, with present platform, organ, doors, and where they lead to, height and arrangement of pews and pulpit, etc., etc., all distinctly marked on them. We give some samples of the cards used by the Music Committee in Cincinnati. Memorial Volume. 6i 3 rt OJ JO! u g-a c< MILLS MEETINGS. IMPORTANT, I hereby promise to be present as a member of the Choir at a// the evening services at Music Hall, during the continuance of the Union Meet- ings, unless unavoidably detained, in which case I will endeavor to provide a capable substitute. Name- Address. MILLS MEETINGS CHOIR. Please meet Mr. Greenwood at Music Hall, Saturday Evening-, February 20, 1892, at half- past seven o'clock, sharp. C. A. Sanders, Cincinnati, Febniaiy ij, i8g2. Chairman Music Committee. 0!S" It is important to have a full Rehearsal with the Large Or- gan before the meetings commence. Don't fail to be present. Also bring all friends who are willing to help the work in this way. The music by the Choir will be an important feature in the meetings. MILLS CHORUS TICKET. Music Hall, Fet CHORl. PLUM STREET, REAR BEARER. . 22 to March 6, 1892. rS ENTRANCE : MUSIC HALL, SOUTH HALL. 62 Mills Meetings --^ MILLS MELTINGS^- first (Polnut liils) district. Ja,3n.-a.a,r3r 21st to Slst, a.S32. CHOIR TICKET. Name Please present to Usher. (over.) Choir Gallery. SEAT Platform. PUNCTUALITY IMPORTANT. Please be in your Seats Five Minutes before the hour of Service. (over.) V. THE COMMITTEE ON USHERS. GENERAL COMMITTEE. Dr. J. Z. Tyler, Chairman, West District. Rev. W. H. Warren, East Rev. J. J. McCabe, Mt. Au- District. burn district. Dr. J. W. Simpson, Walnut Dr. W. A. Robinson, Cov- Hills District. ington District. To the work of this committee, whose duty it was to select a large body of men to act as ushers, Mr. Mills very properly attached a great deal of impor- tance. The term " usher," as used by him, has an en- tirely different significance from that which is usually Memorial Volume. 63 given to it. He frequently speaks of his ushers as "assistant evangelists." Their duties include not only all that pertains to the seating and comfort of the congregation, but the distributing of the cards to those desiring to begin a Christain life, and earnest personal work among the inquirers in the after-meetings. Hence he asks that they shall be not only mature men, but the most efficient and consecrated Christian men in the churches. Very much of the success of the meetings depends upon their good judgment and effi- ciency. Each usher wears a badge to distinguish him, and has assigned to him a certain number of seats in the church or hall, and for this section he is held responsi- ble. The ushers, both of the district meetings and of Music Hall, taking them collectively, were as fine a body of men as could have been selected in the city. Each district had its perfect organization, with a chief usher, and several assistant chief ushers. The corps of ushers for Music Hall, made up of the district ushers, consisted of about one hundred and twenty-five men, with Mr. C. A. Sanders, who seemed to have espe- cially qualified for the honorable and responsible posi- tion, as grand chief usher, and with four able chief ushers in charge of the four great divisions of the hall, viz. : Mr. J. L. Korn, auditorium ; Mr. T. M. Wor- cester, gallery; Mr. A. M. Worcester, balcony; Mr. E. E. Shipley, platform. Besides these, there were about a dozen assistants in charge of smaller sections. After the service Monday evening, February 22, the ushers had a pleasant social gathering and banquet, at Mr. J. B. Martin's, in honor of visiting brethren, who had been ushers at the Mills meetings in EHzabeth, 64 Mills Meetings N. J., and Indianapolis and Terre Haute, Indiana. We give some samples of the ushers' cards, pledges, etc., used in the West District and in Music Hall, which embody in them Mr. Mills' "Suggestions" to ushers. J. Z. TYLER, Ohairman Committee on Ushers : / will serve as Usher on the dates indicated helow, if my services are required. February. . . Tha, 11 Fri. 12 Sat. 1.3 Sun. 14 Mon. 15 Tui 16 Wed. 17 Thu. 18 Fri. 10 Sat. 20 Sun. 21 Afternoon. 1 1 1 1 Kvening. 1 1 1 1 1 Sunday, 14lli, 1 1 a, ra. | Sunday. 14th, 3.30 p. m. Remarhs . J^fame ...... Address Memorial Volume. 65 USHERS' CARD FOR THE Mills Meetings TO BE HELD FROM Feb. Nth to Feb. 21st. AT 3:30 P. M. (daily) IN THE Ninth street Baptist Ctiufcli Between Race and Vine Streets, AND AT 7:30 p. M. (daily) IN THE Central Cliristian Cliurdi Ninth Street, bet. Central Ave. and Plum. AND IN OTHER CHURCHES AS ANNOUNCED. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF Rev. B. Fay Mills AND Rev. J. Wilbur Chapman ASSISTED BY MR. LAWRENCE B. GREENWOOD 0. i51LBmi>5, J. Z. TYLER, Chairman of Committee, 353 West Eighth Street. W. S. DICKINSON, Ciiief Usher, Pearl and Vine Streets. CO m 3 3' r |: (Si _"< S- 3 0 0 -1 c fi) H ^ S9 3 Q -1 • 10 3- \-i ao CO g. 5 r^ ?^2 M S e-. Ci a. § I-* £? 05 S h-- sa X 0 ^5 CO ^ s. e: i_i -^ ";^ GO c" S*5- i ^^ 1-1 "^ CO p. ^ to ^ ^ -s 0 s. ?; S D 3 t>0 g" 1— > B M • 0 0 M 0 Co Z s w ^ i 0 ?i. z « Q 0 :f ^' . 1-4 1^ G ^ 0 ^1 fS 66 Mills Meetings r .^•N-^'^*^ t ADMIT BEARER Soi^t^ '^iu'Wi Street ^vwtTawce, IVITJSIC HAIvIv. i February 22nd--Mareh 6th. \ ^ U/orKer's J\Q\^t ® ADMIT BEARER TO AUDITORIUM BY USHER'S DOOR, T:l5 SHARF", MUSIC HALL AT T:l5 SHARP", South Plum street Entrance, j February 26th to March 5th, 1892. u c m c < "i 0 «0 0 I X «j 3 o M CLERGYMAN, PLATFORM, MUSIC HALL, February 22nd— March 6th. Memorial Volume. d'j RULES AND SUGGESTIONS FOR USHERS. 1. The badge should be worn to distinguish the ushers from the audience. 2. There will be a prayer meeting in the lecture room of the church, beginning promptly at 6:45 each evening, and continuing for ten minutes, and each usher is earnestly re- quested to be in attendance. 3. Doors to the church open at 7:00, and each usher should be in his position before that time. 4. Your position in the church is indicated by your number upon the plat, and ^-ou are requested to be at this place upon the dates indicated by a cross on the date schedule. 5. The front seats should be filled first. Assign people seats where j^ou wish, not where they might prefer. 6. Never seat any one while Mr. Greenwood or Mr. Steb- bins is singing, or during prayer. 7. Ushers are expected to remain until the close of the last meeting. 8. Ushers who can not be present on any date assigned to them in the schedule should notify the chief usher. 10. Ushers are requested to watch all announcements and note changes, and act accordingly. 11. All ushers not on duty are requested to be present with badges as much as possible, so as to act ofiicially at any possible overflow meeting. W. S. Dickinson, Chief Usher. Cincinnati, Ohio, February ist, 1892. Mr Dear Brother: — You have been selected to serve as usher in the Mills Meetings, to be held ever^^ afternoon in the Ninth street Baptist Church, and every evening in the Central Christian Church, from Thursday evening, February nth, to Sunday evening, Februar}- t.isX.. You are requested to serve also at the following special meetings to be held Sunday, February 14th, in the First Presbyterian Church, at 68 Mills Meetings II A. M. (for young people only), and in the Central Christian Church, at 3:30 P. m. (for men only). Mr. Mills, in his instructions to our committee, says : " Select your ablest and most consecrated full-grown men from all the churches, and get them pledged to attend all the evening services, and as many of the afternoon serv- ices as may be possible. Do not in any case select youths or bo3'S for the position of ushers, but let us have such men as your Sunday-school superintendents and men of similar caliber. We use the ushers for such a variety of important duties that while the name remains the same, it is an entire- ly new office from that to which you are accustomed in j-our ordinar)^ church work." We ask that you give this matter pra^^erful considera. tion, and that you do not allow ordinary engagements to in- terfere with the opportunity thus opened to aid in carrying forward the Lord's work. Please indicate upon the inclosed blank, by a cross, (X) such times as we may have your assistance. An usher's card will then be sent you, giving definite instructions as to your dvities. It is desirable that you serve not less than six evenings out of the eleven. Let us have yotir reply at once. J. Z. Tyler, C. R. Wagner, P. C. CURNICK, J. M. SiMONTON, W. C. Payne;, Committee on Ushers. A meeting of all the ushers will be called at an early date) of which you will be duly notified. J. Z. TylER, Chairman. VI. THE DEVOTIONAL COMMITTEE. GENERAL COMMITTEE. Dr. William McKibbin, Chairman, Walnut Hills District. Rev. W. H. Warren, East Dr. J. Pearson, Mt. Auburn District. District. Dr. G. K. Morris, West Dis- Dr. W. A. Robinson, Coving- trict. ton District. REV. E. K. BELL, D.U. Pastor of First English Lutheran Church. REV. GEO. K. JIORRIvS, D. D. Pastor of St. Paul U. E. Church. REV. H. J. STEWARD, D.I). Pastor of Westminster Presliyteriaii Clivnxh. RliW \V. A. COOPICR. Pastor nth St. M. E. Church South, Covinetiui. Memorial Volume. 69 Upon the Devotional Committee devolved the duty of arranging, in consultation with Mr. Mills, all the re- ligious services, prayer- meetings, etc., and the group- ing of churches throughout the city for special union services, the selection of ministers to preach at different points, and the announcement of topics for prayer meet- ings, both prior to and during the progress of the meet- ings held by Mr. Mills. His "Suggestions" to this committee are as follows : TO the; devotional committee. Arrange for two forty-minute prayer meetings daily, ex- cept Sunday. One for men, 8:30 to 9:10 or 9 to 9:40 A. M., in some centrally located hall, or store or lecture room, on the first floor if possible. One for women, forty-five minutes before the afternoon service in the lecture room of the church where I am to preach, to close five minutes before the time for the general service. (You may put this in charge of a separate commit- tee of ladies, selected by you, if you judge best). Arrange your topics and leaders for a week at a time. Select suggestive topics with great care. Do not put as references on the card more than six verses, better only two or three. Get your cards printed in shape convenient for the pocket and Bible. Let one of 5'ou be at the room at least five minutes be- fore the commencement of every meeting. See that onh' those seats are used that will probably be entirely filled ; and that all attendants occupy the front seats first. Be sure that the organist and leader of the singing will be on hand two or three minutes before the opening. If the appointed leader is not present at just the minute, announce a hymn ; if he does not come by the time you 70 Mills Meetings have sung two verses, let one of the committee, or a substi- tute selected by you, take charge of the meeting and proceed as though the leader had been originally appointed to that place. I will send you lists of topics used in other places if you will write to me for them. Arrange as many union preparatory evening services in various churches as may be expedient. For one week at least before I come it would be well to have at least four of these meetings. Sometimes such services have been held once or twice a week, for a month, to great advantage. You are also to act as committee on overflow meetings, arranging for the conduct of such meetings as maj' be nec- essary in consultation with me, selecting both places and leaders, etc. In Cincinnati the District Devotional Committees carried on a large number of union prayer meetings, for several weeks before the coming of Mr. Mills ; and during the meetings in the center of the city and in Music Hall, the Central Devotional Committee arranged each Sunday a number of preaching services in different sections of the city, conducted by ministers selected b)' the committee. Mention is made of these services in another part of this book. The ladies' prayer meeting, held daily for several weeks in the Ninth street Baptist Church, was in charge of this committee. A sample card of this meeting is given under the head of the Ad- vertisincf Committee. METHODS AND ELEMENTS OF SUCCESS. The general facts which are most apparent in regard to the great religious movement in Cincinnati under the leadership of Mr. Mills are (i) the hearty coopera- tion of seventy-three churches and their pastors, of many different denominations, * both during the period of preparation, and while the meetings were in progress ; (2) the harmony in the work as between Mr. Mills and the pastors and committees ; (3) the greatness of the multitudes who attended the services, filling to over- flowing, not only the largest churches, but the great Music Hall, one of the most spacious halls in the country ; (4) the deep solemnity and entire absence of excitement which characterized the meetings ; (5) the great number of persons who signed the cards, and the greater number who rose for prayer ; and (6) the fact that so many hundreds of these are already publicly confessing Christ, and uniting with the churches. These things are of interest as bearing both upon the causes and the evidences of the success of the movement. That it has been successful, in the best sense, will probably not be questioned. The churches have been revived, pastors have been encouraged, back-sliding Christians have been re- claimed, thousands of persons outside the kingdom of God have been brought to express a desire " to lead a Christian Hfe," the attention of thousands more has been turned to the subject of religion, and a deep im- « Seepage i, 3, 5. et seq. 7« 72 Mills Meetings pression has been made upon the entire city. The object of this chapter is not to attempt any elaborate analysis of the movement, but simply to refer to some of the points of interest, in regard to the elements of success, the methods employed, and the more striking characteristics of the work. UNITY AND COOPERATION. The first fact mentioned above, viz., the spirit of unity and cooperation among the pastors and churches, is an important fact, which is almost wholly irrespec- tive of Mr Mills. As already stated in the opening chapter of this book,"'^ it was manifest more than three months before the proposition to secure an evangelist was first mentioned. This spirit of unity found expres- sion during these three months, in the memorable union prayer meetings and conferences of the Winter of 1 89 1, which led ultimately to the invitation of the Evangelical Alliance to Mr. Mills to come to Cincinnati, and prepared the way for the still more cordial coopera- tion which characterized the work ftom that time for- ward, to which Mr. Mills, as the leader, largely con- tributed. This, undoubtedly, must be regarded as one of the chief elements of success in the work. The Herald and Presbyter of March 2, in an editorial on "The Mills Meetings" (to which we shall refer again), says of this : "Mr. Mills, of course, did not come to Cincinnati expect- ing to work unaided. ... He had the pledge of the hearty support of nearly all the leading churches, and came at their request. He came rather as the general of an army ; the army does the most of the fighting, but it is necessary to * See page 5, et seq. Memorial Volume. 73 have a leader in a great union effort, and he was selected as, on the whole, the best leader." These facts are worthy of being borne in mind not only as historically important, but because of their bearing upon the success of the mov^ement, that Mr. Mills came in response to the invitation of the Evangelical Alliance ; that the pastors of the city had been at work unitedly for more than a year prior to his coming; that numerous and strong committees of pastors and other Christian men gave their time and energies unreservedly to the laborious details of preparation ; and that in the work he had behind him constantly, sustaining and supporting him at every point, with their prayers and their efforts, a mighty army of nearly one hundred ministers, seventy- three churches, large numbers of influential laymen, and twenty thousand church members, to whom he proved himself to be a wise, efficient, untiring, and beloved leader. THE POWER OF NUMBERS. There was also, as contributing to the grand re- sult, the power of numbers to a high degree. Scores of churches closed their doors at certain times, and merged their congregations into one, to swell the throngs which pressed to the great union services at which the evangelist preached. " Last Sabbath (Feb. 28) was a remarkable day. Mr. Mills preached three times : in the morning at the Bethel, in the afternoon at the Music Hall, and at night at the same place to men only. The daily papers estimated that the at- tendance atthe.se services reached twenty thousand ■^^o'^X^.''' * * Herald and Presbyter, of IMarch 2. 74 Mills Meetings This record was repeated the following Wednesday, March 2, and again on the closing Sabbath, March 6. The attendance at the first service in Music Hall, on the evening of February 22, is described elsewhere. An attempt was made on that evening, by expert counters, to count the numbers who came. The result was as follows, the service having been announced to begin at 7 145, and the doors not to be opened until 7:15: At six o'clock (one hour and three-quarters before the service began), 17 people were waiting at the door; from 6:oo to 6:15, 24 more came; from 6:15 to 6:30, 70 more ; from 6:30 to 6:45, 158 more; from 6 :45 to 7:00, 1,400 more; from 7:00 to 7:15, there were 4,395 more (so that when the doors were opened, at 7:15, there were 6,064 people waiting for admission) ; from 7:15 to 7:30, there were 4,400 more came, and from 7:30 to 7:45, about 2,000 more; mak- ing in all, 12,464 people who came, up to the minute for the service to begin. It would probably be quite safe to say (although no further attempt to count was made) that 1,600 others came after that time, making a grand total of 14,000, Music Hall can be made to seat 5,000, and the platform 1,000 more, and probably 2,000 more found standing room in the crowded aisles and around the galleries and the doors. Not more than 8,000 people, it is estimated, can be packed into Music Hall, so that not less than 6,000 must have been turned away from the doors on that evening. The vast audiences at all the services undoubtedly, of itself, produced a deep impression upon the minds of multitudes of people, as indicated in a remark made to the writer the next day, by an old resident of the city: "I never expected to see the day in Cincinnati Memorial Volume. J75 when men would crowd and jostle and almost trample over each other, in their eagerness to hear the gospel preached." ABSENCE OF EXCITEMENT. Another marked feature of the work, the more no- ticeable when considered in connection with the vast size of the audiences, was the fourth mentioned above, viz., the deep solemnity and utter absence of any ex- citement which characterized the meetings. Mr, Mills rarely appeals to the emotional faculties, and even when he does, a silent tear is the only outward mani- festation of the feelings of the listener. His sermons are addressed for the most part to the reason and the conscience, and hence the effect is to produce the most profound silence and seriousness. A writer, referring to this, says : " Many faces bore testimony to the pow- er of the Spirit's work. There was such quiet atten- tion that you could almost hear a pin drop during the sermon." Mr. Mills called attention to this in a most convincing v/ay, at the great meeting for " men only " on Sabbath evening, February 28, when nearly five thousand men were present in the Music Hall, to nearly all of whom would be suggested the scenes of wild excitement which they had witnessed in this same hall, at the great political conventions which had been held there, or the thunders of applause which had rung through the spacious building during the famous mu- sical festivals. "Some people," said Mr. Mills in the midst of his sermon, "profess to object to revivals, because, they say, people are laboring under undue ex- citement. I call you to bear witness to the absence of anything like excitement here. I do not believe that j6 Mills Meetings any one of you ever saw so many thousands of men as- sembled together in one place for any purpose what- ever, where there was less excitement than there is here to-night. There is not a trace of it." And then, pausing a moment in the silence that rested upon the vast throng, he added, ' ' I think, if a had a clock here, and should hold it up, you could hear it tick in every part of this great hall." At the after-meetings, and inquiry meetings, where the harvests were gathered, there was, if possible, even less of the emotional ele- ment. In giving an opportunity to rise for prayer, no impassioned appeals were made. A few quiet words, a few moments of silent or audible prayer, two or three verses of a familiar hymn softly sung, and the silent rising for an instant of dozens or of scores of persons desiring an interest in Christ, brief words of testimony, generally a single sentence — this was all. Speaking of one of the immense meetings in Music Hall, a daily newspaper said : " All the standing room was taken. The silence and solemnity advertised the sacredness all felt was attached to the occasion." CAREFULLY PLANNED WORK. Another characteristic of the entire work was the wisdom and care with which it was systematized throughout, and the practical sense and good judgment displayed in every part of it. Nothing was done at random. This was very well stated in the article already referred to : " The work is carefully planned ; mistakes are avoided as far as possible; every effort is made to induce people to attend the meetings, but the careful preparation and management are such as would lead an irreligious man to Memorial Volume. tj have confidence in the leader and the churches. Instead of working at haphazard, he sees that they are in earnest, that the methods are those of common sense men who believe what they preach, and think souls worth working for as care- fully as a business man works for prosperity. Mr. Mills preaches the gospel in his own way, of course, but his way is very much like that af most other good preachers. There is nothing at all sensational. He holds the attention, he is an excellent preacher, but he depends on the gospel, properly presented, to interest and win his hearers." THE CARD SYSTEM. There are three features which have been conspicu- ous in the movement, all of which may be said to be peculiar to Mr. Mills, and are worthy of special notice. The first of these is the "card system " which he uses, and by which he not only secures a definite ex- pression, from those interested, of a desire to lead a Christian life, but succeeds in the exceedingly impor- tant aim of directing the inquirer to the church of his preference, and of bringing him into communication with the pastor of the church. The Herald and Presbyter describes this system very clearly thus : " He adapts himself to circumstances, and has few methods peculiar to himself — few that are not employed by others. The exception most worthy of note, which may per- haps be called his own, and which shapes his entire method, is that of obtaining signatures to cards of desire for a Chris- tian life. After the sermon, after the usual expression by rising as a request for prayer, the ushers obtain signatures to cards, on which the signers state that they desire to lead a Christian life, and give their names and addresses (street and number), and the name of the pastor each prefers to see, or the church he attends or prefers to attend. After the service these cards are distributed to the pastors in accordance with 78 Mills Meetings the preferences expressed. No one takes these cards as evi. dences of conversion, but they are the first step, and the pas- tor is expected to see these persons and labor with them as with other inquirers. They are usually found in the general inquiry meeting. Thousands of these cards have been signed b}' men and women. One church has already re- ceived over a hundred persons into its membership, as the result of work done among the signers. Of course, the most of the signers at the j-oung people's meetings are Sunda}-- school scholars, and the signatures from children can be pro- cured much more easily than from adults, and a smaller pro- portion are tlioroughl3'- in earnest. But thousands of signa- tures have been obtained from adults, many of them at men's meetings ; and when a man signs such a card the way is opened for the pastor to visit him." The following is a fac simile of this card which has been used in all the meetings : «^t^t^t^t^'^<^*^t^«^t^«^t^«^t^'^«^'^t^«^ Cincinnati ^....^ i8g2. I desire henceforth to lead a Christian life. Name „ _ _ Residence Church or 1=1 . Pasto7- preferred Q _ (^(C?t!^f^(^(^t^(^(^(^t'^i^^(^cgS'(^(^(^(^»^(^ These cards after each service were all put into the hands of Mr. William Mendenhall,* who had sole ■■•"See page 29. KKV. W. H. WAKREN. I'astnr cif Central C'lUiLrreKatirmnl Church. RIvV. HIC.H \V. 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We have no general reports of these meetings, but they were largely attended, and accomplished much good. At one of these services, conducted by the writer, the large church was entirely filled, and nearly one hundred chairs had to be carried in to accommodate the great congregation. This was probably a fair sample of many others. We give below a list of these special union services, so far as we have been able to learn of them. The list is probably not entirely complete. In it are included several "overflow" meetings, such as that of the evening of February 22, in the First Baptist Church (Dr. M. C. Lockwood, pastor), at which Dr. Morris preached. 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If the opening meeting of the series to be con- ducted in this city by Rev. B. Fay Mills augurs any- thing for the success of the enterprise thus taken up by the evangelical churches of Cincinnati, one of the greatest religious revivals of her history may be con- fidently expected. I02 Mills Meetings The evangelist arrived Thursday, but his work was not to inaugurate the revival. It had already been started. Months ago, preparatioiis were begun by the various churches of the city, under the leader- ship of their faithful pastors, so that Mr. Mills, when he arrived, should find the field ripe for the harvest. He could scarcely have looked for a more encouraging reception than was given him Thursday night at the First Presbyterian Church on Walnut Hills. In fact, the opening meeting, in point of attendance, earnestness and evident enthusiasm, went far beyond the expectations of the leaders of the movement. The announcement had been made that the doors would be opened at 7:15 o'clock, but long before that time the crowds began to gather, so that it was found necessary to throw open the doors at 7 o'clock. The first part of the meeting was taken up with an informal service ot song, led by Mr. Lawrence B. Greenwood, the special singer who accompanies Mr. Mills, and who is of invaluable assistance to him in his work. A magnificent volunteer choir of 150 ladies and gentlemen from the various churches of Walnut Hills furnished the music, the great congregation join- ing in the more familiar hymns. The song book used js a special edition of " Gospel Hymns," prepared by Mr. Mills. During the opening song service, people kept thronging in. Auditorium and gallery were filled to overflowing in fifteen minutes, and late comers were obliged to stand in the aisles or reluctantly turn away from the service. The song service began with "There shall be Showers of Blessings," followed in succession with Memorial Volume. 103 "I know in Whom I Have Believed " and "Seeking for Me." Mr. Greenwood then sang a solo, "The Summons of God," and as the last note of the refrain died away, a young looking man, with a kindly face and unpretentious manner, stepped upon the platform. This was Mr. Mills. He was followed by Dr. J. W. Simpson, chairman of the General Executive Commit- tee ; Bishop Walden, Dr. Pearson, and the pastors of the cooperating Walnut Hills churches — Dr. A. B. Riggs, Dr. S. McChesney, Rev. J. A. Hall, Rev. W. E. Loucks, Rev. C. J. Tanner, Rev. Louis Nippert, and Dr. Wm. McKippen. A large number of ministers from other parts of the city were gathered around the platform, among whom were Rev. T. O. Lowe, Rev. H. W. Gilchrist, Rev. H. W. Warren, Dr. J. J. Francis, Dr. J. Z. Tyler, Dr. E. K. Bell, Rev. H. M. Curtis, and others. The doxology was sung by the congregation standing, followed by the Lord's Prayer, led by Dr. McKibben. Rev. W. E. Loucks led in prayer, in his closing petition beseeching God that the city might be moved as it never had been before. Mr. Greenwood than sang a beautiful solo. Dr. Simpson rose, before the hush caused by Mr* Greenwood's sympathetic rendering of the words of the touching song had been broken, and in his fluent, impressive manner, said : " It gives pleasure to-night to feel that the hour has come when we enter formally upon the work to which we have looked forward with so much prayer and trust. We have with us to-night two brethren who have been I04 Mills Meeting very successful in preaching and singing the gospel into the hearts of all with whom they have come in contact. I know that I am safe in saying that we have wanted these brethren to come very much. Under their guid- ance we shall go forward and obtain God's blessing. I knovv that the Christian people of Walnut Hills will be loyal to the work and the leader. It gives me pleasure to introduce him from whose lips you expect to hear the gospel truths." Mr. Mills stepped modestly forward and began to read the words of the 126th Psalm. As he proceeded deliberately, that the words might sink into the minds of his hearers, he delivered a running commentary upon the thoughts expressed : "When the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion we were like them that dream." He said that he did not know of anything that so indicated the spirit of the genuine revival as this passage in reference to the return from captivity. He read the next line: "The Lord has done great things for us ; whereof we are glad. Turn again our captivity, O Lord, as the streams of the south." "It seems like a strange prayer," he continued. " The psalmist had just spoken of their release, and now he prays again for deliverance. There are two w^ays of explaining this. There were some of their brethren left in Babylon, and perhaps this was an expression of the heart's desire of the psalmist with reference to these. The second explanation is that they wanted something as much better than their release from captivity as that was better than their previous condition. They said, * The Lord hath done great things, why should He not do greater ?' But why did they ask Him to turn their WAI/IER vS. PKII<:ST. Pastor cif Fourth Street Christian Church, (.'ovin^Lon RlvV. F. I), T. BICKLKV. Pastor of Mam Street M K Church. (_ OvillCTtHU. REV. W. H. NP.l'.L. Pastor nf Madison Avenue Preshytr Church. Co\nmton. ELDER W. S. KEENE. Pastor of Fiflh Street Christian Church, Cov.nuto,,. Memorial Volume. 105 hearts as the streams of the south ? They are never frozen. I wish that we could pray this prayer, that our hearts might not be cold. The Spirit of God is just as much here to-night as it ever will be anywhere. The way to pray for the descent of the Holy Spirit is to open the heart. What we want is not another Pente- cost, but a realization that Pentecost is now. ** For a man to pray for the Holy Ghost to come among us, and not open his heart, is as if a man should go out at noonday and pray for the sunlight with his hands held firmly over his eyes. ** Do you think that it is possible for us to guarantee the success of this movement? I do. We must have the spirit of sacrifice, we must have the spirit of our Lord Jesus Christ. It means real sacrifice on our part for the sake of souls. " Before Mr. Mills had finished the reading he had imparted some of his own spirit to the great audience. There is a magnetic quality about the man that can not be put in words. As the congregation rose to sing the hymn, "Sow- ing Seeds of Gladness," it was noticeably warm and close, and Mr. Mills gave evidence of that attention to details for which he has become famous, by stopping the music and giving directions that the windows be thrown open — "wide open." "Mr. Moody, "he said, " was ac- customed to declare that nothing interfered so much with a revival success as foul air. " After the singing, Mr. Mills went on to announce as his text the words to be found in H. Corinthians viii. 5, "They first gave their own selves unto the Lord." "We talk a great deal," he said, "about giving ourselves to God. There is scarcely a single service in io6 Mills Meeting which we do not say something about this gift that we make of ourselves. "Now what is the nature of a gift? In the first place, it should be voluntary. You can not force men to make you a gift, nor can you make men become Christians. A man can never become a son of God without some voluntary action on his part. This is the one great mark that distinguishes the human from the brute. "In the second place, a gift must be unselfish. You may not pay the full value, but if you pay anything at all, it is not a gift. The latter you never purchase. In place of weakness we want strength ; in place of certain death we want eternal life. Now, what shall we give for these things ? Can you purchase them with money? A short time ago a New York millionaire offered all his money, in his despair, for the prolongation of his life. No article of wealth can purchase what you want of God. Nay, more, if you should take the power and wealth of all the men who have ever lived and put it all together, it would not weigh anything against that which you desire. So I am glad that God did not make any conditions of purchase govern the matter. Christ was concerned about quality, and not quantity. He manifested this shortly after the occurrence of the miracle of the loaves and fishes. To the many who followed Him the next day who were governed by sordid motives. He turned and said that they were seeking Him from a wrong impulse. They thought if he gave them loaves and fishes on one day. He could do it continually. They hoped that if they should ally themselves with the wonder-worker in the days of His humiliation, they would be enabled to share with Memorial Volume. 107 Him the kingdom of the world in the day of His success. "No man can become a genuine Christian if his motive be only to escape from hell. A man never comes to God until he surrenders himself and says in his own heart, ' I do this because it is right.' "In the third place, a gift must be irrevocable. Your little boy may run up to you and throw into your lap some toy, saying that he gives it to you. A mo. ment later he comes and reclaims his toy. We must not give as children give. The true spirit is indicated in the words, I give myself wholly to Thee. "The three things which we know make up the Christian life are knowledge, experience and service. We can not know anything spiritually, except in pro- portion as we give ourselves to the Lord. You may just as well try to think with your feet as to attempt to understand spiritual things by the exercise of your reason. There have been hosts of men of the highest intellectual capacity who have been the greatest scoundrels of their time. There has been one truth at least that has been emphatically pronounced by the agnostic, and it is an important one, that we do not find any data through the exercise of our physical senses that enables us to say that there is a God. For this a spiritual sense is required, and this comes with self-surrender. You can not learn God's truths from any man or set of men. You can learn more about God in one second after you have surrendered your will than you could learn in an eternity through the exercise of your mental faculties. " Fortunately for us, God imposed as a condition of eternal life that which any man can fulfill. The io8 Mills Meetings learned and the ignorant, the high and lowly, the rich and poor, can surrender their wills to the Lord. To the soul of the man who knows only one thing, and that to do God's will, ev^erything becomes clear. If your spiritual faculty is not being increased from day to day, you may be sure that it is not on account of your mental incapacity, but it is because you have not sur- rendered yourself You will never know what it is to be a Christian unless you make this surrender. Then you will experience the sensation of knowing some- thing about things spiritual. You will then be cogni- zant of things that the eye can not see, and the ear can not hear. "Some of you may remember about the conversion of Dr. Bushnell. It occurred when he was a young man and a tutor in Yale College. He was a skeptic at the time, and had no sympathy with revivals. His in- fluence, on account of his position, was felt among the students, and he felt his responsibility. It worried him so that he finally resolved to settle the matter once for all. He sat down and took stock of his beliefs. Two things he thought that he felt sure of — that God exists, and that right is right, and wrong is wrong. He re- solved to give himself up entirely to doing just what he felt was right. He prayed to God in this attitude of mind, and the right way opened up before him. "Here was an instance of a civilized, highly culti- vated man reaching certainty by the only possible path. I mention it to contrast it with that of one of an American Indian who had found the way to God before the advent of the Christian missionaries. He prayed to the Great Spirit ; it was only a difference, however, in name. When he finally met the mission- Memorial Volume. 109 aries and asked them what he must do to become a ' Christian,' they told him that he must surrender him- self entirely to God and resolve to do his will. He replied, ' I have done that already. ' " How much we talk about getting spiritual power. Men try to get it as they try to get money. God chose the things that are not, that He might bring to naught the things that are. A pastor may preach eloquent sermons before large audiences, and know lit- tle about spiritual things. On the other hand, the rendering of a small service on the street, the perform- ance of a simple act of kindness, has resulted in the saving of many souls. "First, first, first, they gave their own selves. " When Lee surrendered, the war was not over; but we knew that the rest would speedily follow, and we were assured of the triumph of the Union. When you surrender your will, the rest will follow and you will receive God's fullest blessing. I am often asked what is the best way to commence a series of services like this, — whether by preaching to Christians, or to those who are not. Brethren, as God knows my heart, I begin with myself. I desire first of all to give my own self unto the Lord. I will not utter anything in these meetings but what has been a part of my life and ex- perience. "Have you given yourself to God?" Mr. Mills closed by repeating with thrilling effect the verses : "Oh, the bitter pain and sorrow — That a time could ever be When I proudh^ said to Jesus, ' All of self, and none of thee.' no Mills Meetings •' Yet lie found me ; I beheld him Bleeding on th' accursed tree, And my wistful heart said faintly, ' Some of self, and some of thee.' " Day by day his tender mercy, Healing, helping, full and free, Brought me lower, while I whispered, ' I,ess of self, and more of thee.' " Higher than the highest heavens, Deeper than the deepest sea, lyord, thy love at last has conquered, ' None of self, and all of Thee.' " The speaker closed. A breathless stillness pervaded the room, and after a moment he said : " Let us pray." In a very iQ\N words he prayed God's blessing upon the work, expressing the desire that he would impress each one with the importance of giving himself to Him. Another moment of thoughtful silence, and to every one's surprise he said: "Let us receive the benediction." The congregation arose and was dis- missed. A more impressive way of closing the first service could not have been chosen. The work of the evangelist had sunk into the hearts of his hearers, and this manner of closing fixed them there more firmly than any other could. SECOND DAY'S SERVICE. January 22, i8g2. The afternoon service was held in the Methodist church, on McMillan street, Walnut Hills, and was attended largely by women. The local ministry was \ wy 4- M. E. CHURCH, WAI.XUT HHXS. Memorial Volume. hi well represented upon the platform, and the congrega- tion joined heartily in the songs led by Mr. Lawrence B. Greenwood. The text was from Acts x. 26: "I ask, therefore, for what intent ye have sent for me?" Among other things, Mr. Mills said: "No man can preach efficiently unless the hearts of the people are open to hear God's Word. I wish to talk with you in a familiar way this afternoon, and ask you what was in your hearts when you planned this work, I wish even to attempt to describe what was in your hearts, "We are gathered here for one thing — to empha- size the unity of the Church. A great many people have not realized how nearly one are the churches of Jesus Christ. There is nothing more powerful for lay ing hold of the hearts of men than to take away the scales that prevent them from seeing this real unity. We must make one united effort, and the issue will be certain. In a great city like this the mere coming to- gether of the various churches is a demonstration of great value. God be thanked for this spirit of unity in Cincinnati. " The church is united — it must also be aggressive. There are some churches which are but little more than religious clubs, I know of churches where the poor can not enter. There was a church in New York that moved away from a certain locality because there was too much wickedness in the neighborhood. Now, I believe that the church is the greatest power for good in this world ; and the great majority of church people recognize the fact that they make an army. I believe that it is worth while, therefore, for us to present a spectacle like this, and show our aggressive- 112 Mills Meetings ness. If the Christian people of this city are loyal to the plans and purposes that have been put in their hearts, no one in this city will be able to declare that the church is not livang up to its standards. "The one reason for our being here in this Hfe is that we may save souls. Some think that we are here to develop and educate our natures. There is another existence where souls may grow and develop, and all that we can attain unto here will be as a mere cipher to what is in store for us there. But there is no other existence wherein men may be saved, and I think we, as Christians, are placed here for the purpose of saving perishing men. The Church of Christ is not a school nor a hospital. It is an army ; it is an ambassador ; and this gospel does not belong to us alone, but to a whole perishing world. "In the third place, and this is the great thing, we are met to emphasize the fact that we are dependent on the Holy Spirit. As the first article of our creed, let us write down the words : ' I believe in the Holy Ghost ! ' I have no use for a religion that is not a supernatural religion. The more the Bible is accred- ited by the wonders done among men, the more do I believe in it. It is a pity that we have got to such a place that we do, not realize our helplessness without the baptism of the Holy Ghost. I am glad to find that God has put it into the hearts of the Christian people of this city, so widely known as a center of cul- ture, and also of vice, to see that nothing can be done without the outpouring of the Holy Spirit." So I intend to speak plainly to you, and I give you fair notice. But I know of no novelties. You will not hear from me one word of God's truth that you Memorial Volume. 113 have not heard before. My mission demands that 1 shall be self-sacrificing, pure in motive and earnest. Does this work call for anything from you ? In your own home you may have a child that is out of the kingdom. Pray begin now to realize your fearful re- sponsibility. "There is a story of an incident that occurred during the war. A battery on a commanding hill was worry- ing our forces very much. To carry this position was almost certain death for the party who undertook it, and the commander felt his responsibility resting heavily up- on him. As he debated, now the man got the better of it, and now the commander. The latter prevailed, and he sent the word of command to one of his gener- als : ' The commander presents his love, and asks^you to silence the cannon on the hill.' An attack followed, terrible for its accompanying loss of life, but the mes- sage finally came to the commander : 'The general presents his love, and with it the cannon that were standing on yonder hill. ' Oh, brethren, shall it not be that we shall soon wave this answer back to heaven, 'Jesus, we present to thee our love, and all those souls rescued from sin and depravity "•' " The evening service was held at the First Presby- terian Church on Gilbert Avenue. A large congrega- tion awaited the opening of the doors. The song service was particularly inspiring. Mr. Greenwood sang the hymn, "Throw Out the Life Line," with much feeling. The chorus was sung by the whole congregation, after several attempts, during which they were memo, rizing the words. 114 Mills Meetings Throw put the life line, throw out the life line, Some one is drifting away; Throw out the life line, throw out the life line, Some one is sinking to-day. Mr, Mills took his text for the evening from Luke xxii. 44 : ' ' On being in agony, he prayed more fer- vently." This sermon will be given in full in the report of the meetings held in the Central District. The service closed with an earnest appeal to all who desired to pray for themselves, and an opportunity was given to join an after service in the Sunday-school room adjoining. Many accepted and joined the service. THIRD DA YS SER VICE. Saturday, January 2^. There was but one regular service on this day, which was the conference of S. S. officers, teachers, and Avorkers held at the Walnut Hills Baptist Church, on Kemper Lane, at 8 o'clock, p. m. Pastors, superin- tendents and teachers from all the churches and schools in the Walnut Hills District were present, and many ministers from other parts of the city, among them Rev. T. O. Lowe, Rev. H. M. Curtis, Rev. W. H. Warren, Dr. J. J. Francis, Dr. F. C. Monfort, and others. Mr. Lawrence B. Greenwood led in singing several Gospel songs. Dr. J. W. Simpson led in prayer, after which Mr. Mills spoke with simple earnestness upon the subject of Sunday-school work, more especially for the following Sunday. X, "^ili"'i © Mh. .' '.A -;■./ ^ •-♦%/. &; Memorial Volume. 115 His words are given in full in the report of the S. S. conference at the Y. M. C. A., February 13th. At the close of the service all representatives of Sunday-schools present grouped themselves in different parts of the room, and prayerfully discussed their plans for work in the Sunday services on the morrow. All were impressed v/ith the simplicity of power in the plans of Rev. B. Fay Mills, and hearts warmed to the work of saving the members of their classes as never before. FOURTH DATS SERVICE, Sunday, January 2^. The first Sunday in this movement was one of great interest. The services were attended by large gatherings of young people in the morning, and by men in the evening. The Walnut Hills Congregational Church, corner of Locust and Beech streets, was filled to overflowing with young people from ten to thirty-five years. They were admitted by card only from the congre- gations of the Methodist, First Presbyterian, Seventh Presbyterian, German Methodist Churches, Woodburn Mission and O'Brianville Sabbath-schools. The sight was a refreshing one. There was not a vacant seat in auditorium or gallery. There were many standing, and the complexion of crowded faces was the ruddy glow of youth or the vigor of full manhood or womanhood. Nor v/as there apparent the idle tinge of curiosity. All had come for an earnest purpose. The call to ii6 Mills Meetings Christian duty had been made so sweetly that it was simply irresistible. There was an exquisite bunch of red and white blos- soms on the Bible-stand, with sprigs of delicate fern, and to the right the fragrance of white roses was spread. Rev. Dr. J.W.Simpson, pastor of the Congregational Church, assisted in the services, and it was rather an impressive sight when he escorted to the platform the white-haired Rev. Dr. Maxwell, who is almost an octo- genarian in the service of the Lord. The congregation numbered many of the most prominent business men living on Walnut Hills, and one of the busiest workers among them was Mr. George T. Howser, General Secretary of the Y. M. C. A. The opening hymn of the service was "At the Cross," in which the entire congregation joined. Mr. Mills read the third chapter from Proverbs very impressively : " My son, forget not my law;" "Be not wise in thine own eyes;" " Happy is the man that findeth wisdom;" "Her ways are ways of pleasant- ness," were uttered with such beautiful solemnity and simplicity that they went straight home to the hearts of the listeners. Rev. Dr. Simpson offered prayer for the spirit of self-sacrifice to descend upon the people, especially upon the young. The hymn, " Building for Eternity," was sung next by Mr. Greenwood, who accompanied himself on the organ. He played the accompaniment in perfect sym- pathy with the Vv'ords. He miade frequent pauses by way of emphasis, the contrast having a telling effect. Memorial Volume. ti/ In fact, the whole effort was a sermon in song. As the last notes died away — "Building for eternity" — there was a solemn silence in the church, as though the here- after had already been entered upon. Mr. Mills announced another hymn, " Why Do You Wait, Dear Brother?" after which he read his text, twelfth chapter of Ecclesiastes, first verse: "Remem- ber now thy Creator in the days of thy youth." His discourse was a rapid delivery, full of pathos and illustrated by anecdote. "As I said last night, the Saviour wanted us to be- come like unto little children." "He never desired little children to become like unto grown men. Now there are three special reasons why we should remember the Creator in the days of our youth. "First, it is the only way to have a good time. There is no slavery like that of sin. In God alone there is nothing but delight. I can not begin to tell of these joys. I can not tell you how precious the Saviour is to me. It is only to taste and to see. "Secondly, it is the only way to do good. I re- member Vice-President Wheeler, a man of magnificent presence. At one of my meetings he said his life was a failure because he had not used his time in brino-insr others to Christ. He said other men might have been in Congress like himself, and others might have been vice-presidents of the United States, but no one could fill the place of himself in that which he had lost in op- portunities of saving others. ' * For the rest of my life, " said Vice-President Wheeler, " my life shall be devoted to leading souls to Jesus Christ." I saw him on his bed of sickness, bathed in tears. I prayed with him, too. 11$ Mills Meetings A great * amen ' came from his heart as he expressed his desire that all his mistakes in life might be swept away by his confession and love of Jesus Christ. You will throw your life away unless you spend it in right- eousness. " People in middle life very seldom learn to become earnest Christians. It does not look well that we should throw the dregs of our life at the teet of the Saviour. Let us not treat God after that tashion. You never read in the newspaper an advertisement, ' Wanted, an old man, ' or ' Wanted, an old woman. ' The reason is very plain. An old person has his habits formed. They are engrafted upon him. It is difficult for him to abandon them, and learn and practice new things." Here the evangelist related how he had visited the Deaf and Dumb Asylum at Jacksonville, Illinois. He asked the superintendent^ Dr. Gillette, how long it would take one of the most intelligent inmates to speak his native tongue if his hearing was restored. His answer was, ten years. Just think of it, ten years. And yet how easily and quickly language is learned in infancy. So God teaches us spiritually. He desires us to take hold of Him when we are young. "Oh, how many things," he continued, "that could have been done in the days of our youth that were not done. " I remember at one of my meetings in my pastoral work, after the congregation had been dismissed, there was a little boyish face peeping in at the door. Pres- ently the face, and with it the boy, walked in. Then another, and still another boy entered, until there were five altogether. The leader said : * We want to be- come Christians — what must we do ? ' I told them to Memorial Volume. 119 confess Christ, and to go and talk it over among them- selves. They went away, and the next day the httle fellow returned and gleefully said : ' We have had a prayer-meeting. ' ' Well, ' I said, ' how many of you were there ? ' The answer was : ' Just us five.' I told him to try again. He returned a few days after- ward, and told me that there were two more boys who had joined the prayer-meeting. That was good. And so they made up a class of twenty-one fervent boys. There was no drowsiness about their prayer-meeting, either. If one of the boys could n't or would n't pray, he was put out. If there was a bad boy, they prayed for him and they asked him to pray, in order that he might be brought to Christ. "Thirdly, it is only in the days of our youth that we are sure of becoming Christians. It is a fact that two-thirds of the members of the church have become Christians before the age of twenty. Ifyou miss the opportunity now, as you grow older your chances of salvation will grow less and less." "Your hearts will be harder if you turn away from this meeting, not heeding the voice of the Lord. If you never prayed before, now is the time to pray. There are scores in the audience now who will make their final decision to-day for eternity. Mr. Mills now addressed the meeting: " Let those rise who wish to become Christians." At different times there were more than one hundred in the con- gregation who arose to express their willingness to serve Christ. As they rose singly, the evangelist said to them : " God bless you." Cards were distributed among the seated congrega- tion, with the inscription, " I desire to lead a Christian I20 Mills Meetings life." These were signed by about two hundred more. Nearly four hundred, after the benediction by the evangelist, retired to the lecture room for special meeting of prayer. Many here gave their testimony of the richness of the Divine blessing that had descended upon them. The evangelist remarked : ' ' No profession of creed is necessary. The Lord says simply, ' Seek, and ye shall find.' " Sunday-school Superintendent Johnson spoke of the enthusiasm he had noticed in his morning class. Mr. J. B. Martin said: "I bless God for a free salvation." Mr. D. H. Baldwin said: "Hundreds of scholars were brought to Christ this morning." The aged R'ev. Dr. Maxwell spoke encouragingly of the work. Here Mr. Mills repeated the lines of the stanza : Trust and obey, For there 's no other way To be happy in Jesus But to trust and obey. They were pronounced by the entire meeting as an act of consecration, after Mr. Greenwood. The evangelist continued: "Not only sing those words, but do what they advise. The question is, ' Will you come to Jesus?' The answer ought to be, 'I will.'" In conclusion Mr. Mills spoke to them : "You have started it — count it done — it is accomplished — there is no more about it. Tell your neighbors about it and bring them in too." KivV. Wi\l. McKlBBHN, D.l). Pastor of First Presbyterian ChiMcli, WaliHit Hills. REV. W. E. I^OrCKS. I'astnr of Baptist rhumh. Walnut Hills C. J. TA.XXAR. Pastor of CliiiMi.m ( liiir.h, W.ilnut Hills. RKV. J. H. CKIKinTJIS. M.A. I'ast.ir of Cipjiem.- Str.-et Pieslivlenan (nurrh. W'.iliuit Hills. Memorial Volume. 121 The hymn, '"Tis the Promise of God," finished the memorable morning exercises. The afternoon meeting at 3:30 o'clock in the First Presbyterian Church, on Gilbert avenue, was also for the benefit of young people only from the age of ten to thirty-five years. They came from the Congregational, Baptist, Christian and Lutheran Churches, the Bethany and Shillito Chapels, and filled the church to its utmost capacity. There were present the ruddy, happy faces of the Sunday-schools, their controlling spirit throughout all being the interested teachers, who hai come to lend a helping hand to the saving of souls. As the sweet singer, Mr. Greenwood, announced and asssisted in the singing of Gospel hyms, the plat- form of the churchy was filled by the young people, bright, cheerful and filled with expectation. The opening hymn was "I Have a Friend," fol- lowed by " At the Cross," " Praise Him," " We Have Heard the Joyful Sound," "Jesus is Calling," "Jesus, I Come." As the last hymn was nearing its close. Evangelist Mills stepped up to the platform with his cheerfal smile, like a child among children. He read the third chapter from Proverbs, beginning : "My son, forget not my law." Prayer was offered by the Rev. Dr. McKibbin. Evangelist Mills addressed the meeting very much as he did at the morning service in the Congrega- tional Church. Nearly a hundred arose in the congregation to the invitation of the evangelist, and as the tender notes of 122 Mills Meetings "Almost Persuaded" were being sung, many more signified their willingness to bring their services to Jesus Christ. The manner of the evangelist during these moments was impressive by its candor, its simplicity and sin- cerity. He offered a fervent prayer, and many were moved to rise for prayer. Cards were passed around among the seated con- gregation by the ushers to fill out with name and ad- dress to the confession of faith: "I desire henceforth to lead a Christian life." Hundreds signed the cards and attended the ex- perience meeting, which was held in the lecture room of the church after the benediction had been pro- nounced by the evangelist. Mr. Mills preached in the evening to men only, in the First Presbyterian Church, Gilbert avenue, upon a text from Revelations v. 20: "Behold, I stand at the door and knock." Some of the passages of the sermon which made a great impression upon the large audience of men were the following : "If a man wants God to come into his Hfe, God will come. Any man who is willing to open the door of his heart will find God ready to enter. God knocks at the door of our heart in many ways. " First, through the conscience. You know that it is most important to put ourselves right with God. Almost everybody knows this, and this impression is the voice of God at the door of your heart. Memorial Volume. 123 " In the second place, God is knocking by memory. By all your knowledge and experience, by all the promptings of all these years has God been saying : * Let me come into your heart. ' "In the third place, through this holy book, I believe that the light of God in this Book shines out to every man who is not morally blind. No man ever found, in a time of preplexity, anything that gave him satisfaction and comfort, except it was in this Book. I believe in the Book. I am not ashamed to say that I worship it. To everybody not morally blind, it is luminous with God's truths. "It may not be as it was with the soldier whose life was saved by a pocket Bible that arrested the shot directed at his heart, and who found, when he opened the book, that the bullet had stopped at the passage : 'What shall I do to inherit eternal life ? ' But it is through this Book that God is pleading to all men to come to him. " He is knocking by tribulation. There never came any sorrow to your homes that God did not send it to you. If God has ever placed you in any dark place, it was that He might send you some sunlight. If there have ever been any great sorrows that have touched your hearts, believe me, you can find a balm for your wounds. "Friends, God is willing to save you if you will only let Him in. ' ' God knocks through the Holy Spirit. He is wait- ing for your response. He will not come in unless you open wide your heart. He may turn away before long. The Holy Ghost may touch you for the last time to-night. "I am going to tell you a story that is very hard for me to relate. In a town where I once preached 124 Mills Meetings there was a very successful doctor. He was the most respected and intelligent man in the community. He was not a Christian. One day he came to a communion service without his wife. I noticed that he appeared to be unusually affected by something, and that he got up before the service was over and left the room, looking as pale as a sheet. When I went out I met his wife, who came running up to me and asked me to go im- mediately to her husband. Something was the matter with him. He met me at the door with an awful look of agony on his face, and he said : ' Mills, what shall I do to be saved?' ' Give up your sins,' I said. He lay down on the floor and writhed in the agony of his struggles. " Finally I told him that it was folly to act like that, and I asked him to kneel with me and pray. He was inclined to do so at first, but hesitated a moment and then said : ' I will settle this matter before to-night's meeting, and then I will rise up and say that T am a Christian.' I left him reluctantly. He did not come to the service at all that night. He had a sick patient. When I saw him again I asked him if he had settled the question. ' I will be in your church before the winter is out,' was the reply. I came away in June, and the doctor was still unsaved. The day I came away he was intoxicated, and he told me that his practice was so exacting that he had to resort to stimu- lants. A few weeks later there came a paper, and the heavy headlines told of his death. Oh, how I hoped he had repented at the eleventh hour. But no. In the few weeks that had elapsed he had become a miserable sot — had lost his property, his practice and his home, and had purposely taken his own life. Memorial Volume. 125 " I tell you this because he was so near to the king- dom— nearer, perhaps, than any man here — and yet he never got in. May you cherish the spark in your heart to-night." Mr. Greenwood sang "Almost Persuaded," and Mr. Mills then said that he wished to ask all present one question — a business question : "Will you encourage every desire that is in your heart to become a Christian ?" Mr. Mills asked those who were willing to encour- age any desire they might have to lead the Christian life to stand up. One got up here, another there, then another, and another, until there were twenty or more altogether. The cards were distributed as in the morning and afternoon meetings, and many signatures were ob- tained. All who signed were invited to remain to the after meeting, which was so large as to completely fill the Sunday-school room. As the hundreds of men filed slowly out, Mr. Greenwood sang, ' Have You Any Room for Jesus ? ' Room and time now give to Jesus, Soon will pass God's daj^ of grace; Soon thy heart left cold and silent. And thy Saviour's pleading cease. During the evening service, Mr. Mills took occasion to urge upon the men present the importance of observ- ing Wednesday, the day set apart for prayer, by closing the places of business for a part of the day at least. He said: "You are called upon to give time to God. We never give him anything unless we make some sacrifice'. In a place like Walnut Hills, we have often known of as many as five hundred business men who gave up 126 Mills Meetings their occupation on the day set apart. If a man has Art office or works in the city, it would be well if he could get away for a part of the day, say from 9 to 12 o'clock. There was a man in Cleveland who owned a big furni- ture store. He closed his place in the morning, and put up a notice that he had gone to the meeting. He returned at noon, and in the afternoon did a greater business than he ordinarily did in a whole day. And in the end, I tell 3'ou, it is no loss to serve God. I believe that the people of Walnut Hills will do as well as they have elsewhere. Morality lies at the basis of your society, and you can not afford to neglect it„ " I know that you can get away from your bui,iness. You can get away for other things. There was a man in New Jersey who came to me at a time when this matter was before us, and said : ' I am a banker ; I can not possibly get away. * ' You will have to get away from your business some time,' I said. ' Well, not now, ' was the reply. Shortly after that he came arjd bade me good-by. I toid him I was not going away. 'But I am. I am going up to the Adirondacks to spend a few days with my family,' he said, and I had nothing to say." FIFTH BAY'S SERVICE. Monday, January 25. The service began at 2 :45 in the WUnut Hills Methodist Church, on McMillan street, wivh a prayer meeting for women, conducted by Mrs. Trcut. Several of the ladies present gave their experiences, and ex- pressed their willingness to aid the cause ot the Lord in the blessings of the present time. Memoriat, Volume. 127 At 3 :30 o'clock Mr. Mills opened the regular meeting in the body of the church. He came with his usual serenity, and had a happy smile and hand a shake with all the ministers present on the platform. Among the latter the following were noted : Rev. Dr. Mussey, Dr. R. S. Rust, Dr. J. W. Simpson, Rev. J. A. Hall, Dr. S. M. McChesney, Rev. Louis Nippert, Dr. Wm. McKibben, Dr. A. B. Riggs, Rev. W. E. Loucks, and others. Episcopal clergymen were also in the audience, notably Rev. Mr. Melish, Mr. Mills was in one of his most earnest and fer- vent moods. He spoke with great rapidity of utter- ance, and often with a vehemence and eloquence that did not belie the natural impression he has made of being a man of God possessed of the gift of eloquence. There is absolutely no effort in anything he speaks or undertakes. His wide, spacious mouth, broad upper lip, his prominent Roman nose, his contour of face, all denote the man of strong character, who necessarily must be in earnest. There is no superfluity about him — not in his figure, nor in his height, nor in his language, manner or method. He was cut out for a noble mission among men, and none listening to him for one meeting could resist this expression, whatever their differences might be about the truths of Christianity. He announced his text from the fourteenth chapter of Jeremiah, eighth and part of the ninth verses, be- ginning, "O the hope of Israel, the Saviour thereof in the time of trouble," laying special stress upon the words: "Why shouldst thou be like a mighty man that can not save? " 128 Mrr.T.s Mkktjngs He said the present form of effort among the Chris- tians of Cincinnati was the mightiest and best ever per- mitted to man. It was an effort in perfect harmony with the designs of Ahnighty God. Let me tell you of a few conditions to enter the kingdom of God. We must call on the name of Christ in the first place. Leave iniquity. Say to Him: "Try me; cleanse and purify my heart." See to the argu- ments used by unbelievers against Christians. Be pure, sincere, powerful and joyful, that their slurs may vanish and God may be glorified. Let us commence with our- selves, and ask Him to open up for us the gates of heaven. Secondly, we must believe that He will let us enter the kingdom. I remember at one of my meetings the results were not so great as had been anticipated. It was not long before we were all on our knees. On the next day one thousand came forward to profess the Lord Jesus Christ. Did not Christ say: ** And greater things than I have done ye shall do." Behold the faith of Elijah. It was not when he saw the clouds in the sky, but before that, when from the innermost depths of his soul he exclaimed : " There is a sound of abundance of rain." You read of the great revival in 1632 in Scotland, when, on a rainy Monday, five hundred people con- fessed Christ to the pleadings of John Livingston. The following Thursday there was not a single con- version. Why this difference ? Livingston preached the same sermon. Because on the first occasion the people wept and prayed for their conversion. And look at Jonathan Edwards. You remember the sermon he preached so effectively that the people KKV. R. S. RUST, LL.D. Advisory Member of Mills Executive C o ni m 1 1 1 u e . REV. D. H. MOORE, D. D. Editor of " Western Christian Advocate. Ailv:sory Member of Mills Executive Committee. .i^*« REV. J. Z. TYLER, .)A). Pastor of Central Christian thunh. / ^ KEV. \V. A. ROBINSON. Pastor of Cni( n .\I. E. t hurch, C..vin.t;i( n. Memorial Volume. 129 were taking hold of the backs of their seats lest they should fall into perdition. Yet there was nothing re- markable in that sermon. It was the Holy Ghost that had stirred up the people's hearts. Thirdly, it is necessary to give ourselves to God. I have no use for mechanical contrivances or machinery in this matter of conversion. It is the work of the Holy Ghost. There was a silence. Then the evangelist pro- nounced a fervent prayer, saying: "Thou art planning great things for this city ; right here now, do Thou baptize us with the Holy Ghost." There was another pause, and he continued: " O God, let it be done for Christ's sake. The benediction was pronounced by Rev. Dr. Riggs. This afternoon congregation was very large, and the singing of the choir exceptionally fine. The evening service was held in the Presbyterian Church on Gilbert avenue. There was standing room only. After a song service, conducted by Mr. Greenwood, Dr. J. Z. Tyler offered prayer. The evangelist announced his text — a portion of the forty-seventh verse of the fifth chapter of Matthew : "What do ye more than others?" There is a great difference — a vital difference when it comes to being a real, genuine Christian. If there is any one about you who does not know that you are a Christian, and you are ashamed to let others know that you are a Christian, get rid of that kind of Christianity at once. 130 Mills Meetings Friends, if your Christianity does not make you any different from other people, give it up as soon as possi- ble. Such Christianity means nothing. The meanest thing on earth is a worldly Christian. It is like saying a white black man. It is an impossi- bility. The poor mongrel who puts on Christian apparel and is still attached to the wickedness of the world, is the meanest thing that crawls on this earth. Do you know anything of the spirit of the Lord Jesus Christ? You can not serve Him and the world at the same time. I know of a business man who led six of his em- ployes to Jesus Christ. I know of a college president who spends his time bringing the pupils of this institution to the kingdom of the Lord. God increase his tribe. I wonder has your child ever heard you pray? If you wish to preserve the name of Christian, hon- or it. After the benediction an experience meeting was held in the lecture room, in which nearly the entire congregation participated. SIXTH DA VS SKR VICE. January 26. The regular afternoon service was conducted by Evangelist Mills in the Methodist Church on McMillan street. The service was opened with one of Sankey's hymns, "Hiding in Thee," sweetly and solemnly an- Memorial Volume. 131 nounced by the associate evangelist, Mr. Greenwood. He sang with the assembled congregation, each note and accent chiming in with the beauty of a song-prayer. It was followed by Hymn No. 167 — "What a Friend We Have in Jesus." Rev. Dr. Pearson, Presiding Elder of the M. E, Church, led in prayer. Mr. Mills read the last chapter of the Book of Hosea, explaining it after the martner of a homily. Mr. Mills then announced the meeting for the day of special prayer, and requested the congregation to sing hymn No. 197, "More Love to Thee, O Christ." He announced his text from the sixth chapter of Hebrews, portion of the ninth verse: "Things that accompany salvation." In regard to closing up business on Walnut Hills the evangelist said: "Catholics, Israelites, and those who choose to be called infidels, have consented to close up their places of business. Thank them for it. Be not in their way. Patronize them, for it is a good act. Be courteous to them. Tell them you ap- preciate the favor in the name of Jesus Christ." Among the many ministers present, both at the morning and evening services, was the venerable octo- genarian. Rev. Dr. Nast, the patriarch of German Methodism in this country. EVENING SERVICE. The evening service at the Presbyterian Church, on Gilbert avenue, was crowded to overflowing. The platform was well occupied by ministers of different de- nominations. After a song service by Mr. L. B. 132 Mills Meetings Greenwood, the Rev. Dr. Bell, of the English Lutheran Church, offered prayer. Mr. Mills, with a serene smile, pulled off his overcoat, and taking the hymn-book into his hands, explained at length the importance of the special day of prayer. The meetings, he said, will be remembered as long as there is such a place as Walnut Hills. You will need the deepest pity from Almighty God if you have not the spirit of sacrifice. I am glad the business houses Vv'ill be closed to-morrow. Don't embarrass them, but give them kindness in every way possible. Before announcing his text he requested his congregation to be devoted to silent prayer for a few moments. His text was from the twenty-eighth chap- ter of Proverbs, portion of the thirteenth verse: "He that covereth his sins shall not prosper." Mr. Mills throughout was logical and earnest. At times he arose to a high pitch of eloquence. Some cover their sins by their limitation of God's law. There are two criterions by which we may judge ourselves — first, by what we are ; and secondly, by what we are not. The terrible thing about sin is that there is an eternity to develop it. Some cover their sins by the mercy of God. There is no earthly knowledge pointing out to me the mercy of God. I might study geology all my life, and yet not find the Rock of Ages ; I might study mineralogy, and yet not find the pearl of greatest price ; astronomy does not point out to me the Star of Bethlehem ; biology does not explain the reason of my exist- ence. Then we cover our sins with our conscience, the most deceiving means of all. It is a delicate machine. I may rely upon it if I take good care of it. If the machinery is right and well oiled, well and good. Other- Memorial Volume. 133 wise it will mislead you. Conscience is the best and at the same time the most dangerous possession a man may have. If, in sowing the wind, we reap the whirlwind, what shall the harvest be ? With convincing emphasis and tenderness he re- peated the words : " There is a fountain filled with blood," etc. I want you to be very thoughtful and prayerful while Mr. Greenwood is singing, "Where will you spend eternity.'"' How many here to-night who will say: "Create in me a clean heart? " " I will ask you again to bow down in silent, earn- est prayer." Another pause. He remarked: " God be merciful to us sinners." Mr. Greenwood offered prayer, and Mr. Mills dis- missed the congregation with the benediction. SEVENTH DAYS SERVICE. January 2^. This day was observed as a midweek sabbath, many merchants closing their stores and attending the services. The services of the day were as follows. 8 A. M. Cottage prayer meetings. 9 A. M. Prayer meetings in all churches. 10 A. M. Mr. Mills in M. E. Church. 2:30 p. M. Union prayer meeting in Baptist Church. 3:30 p. M. Mr. Mills in Congregational Church. 134 Mills Meetings 7:45 p. M. Mr. Mills in First Presbyterian Church. More than one hundred business men closed their places of business on Walnut Hills during the hours of service. There were unusual occurrences on Walnut Hills this day. Christian people spent their first waking hours on their knees in the privacy of their closets and chambers, and offered up earnest supplication to God that He might bless this day set apart for His worship. Shortly afterwards they gathered with their uncon- verted relatives around the family altar, and the incense of prayer rose again on high. At eight o'clock the various families in the different localities gathered in the parlors of some house in their respective neighborhoods, and again petitioned that God's blessing might rest on the day's work. At nine o'clock the Christian people met in their respective churches, and prayer meetings were held under the leadership of their own pastor. At ten o'clock there were union services in the Methodist Episcopal Church, conducted by Mr. Mills, and at 3:30 P. M. similar services were held in the Presbyterian Church, led by Mr. Mills. Again, this evening, there was another service at the Presbyterian Church. Nor is this all. The cumulative impulse given to the spiritual life of the community during the day by the progressive series of prayer meetings, from the one where the individual met himself and his God in his closet to the one where all kinds of people — Christians, Jews, infidels and skeptics — met in the mass meetings to listen to the burning words of the evangelist, this was enough to mark the day as unique. But business was practically suspended in the middle Memorial Volume. 135 of the working days of the week. Christians have long struggled in this city for the proper observance of Sunday, and the battle has largely gone against them. But now they have snatched a day given over to worldly things, and consecrated it to spiritual uses. The meeting held this morning in the Walnut Hills Methodist Church was a wonderful testimony of the fact that the community of Walnut Hills had felt in a remarkable degree the power of the Spirit. The spacious church was crowded with men who had left their business, and women who had given up their household duties. There has been no meeting like it in all the history of Walnut Hills before. After the song service, Mr. Mills invited the people to express their thankfulness for the outpouring of the Spirit already vouchsafed. Men and women rose and thanked the Lord that so many in their Bible classes, or homes, or neighbor- hood had professed Christ. One lady arose and said that nine in her class had signed the cards. People in rapid succession testified to their thankfulness for one and another blessing. Dr. McKibbin said: "I want to thank God that the world is coming to look upon things eternal as they should be looked upon." Dr. Simpson said: " I am thankful that a number of wives and mothers have promised to use all their in- fluence with their husbands and children to bring them to Christ during the day." After the testimonies there were a number of short prayers offered from overflowing hearts. Mr. Mills took for his text the words, "Compel them to come in," and preached a powerful and persuasive sermon. 136 Mills Meetings Somewhat over one hundred and fifty rose for prayer at the close of the sermon.. Mr. Greenwood sang "Jesus is Merciful, " accom- panied by the congregation in the chorus, and the large gathering slowly dispersed. It was planned to hold the afternoon services in the Congregational Church, and at 3:30, the appointed time, the congregation assembled. Every seat was oc- cupied almost instantly, and half were left standing up. For ten minutes they continued to come while the song service went on. The church was packed to the aisles, and the lines of people in the aisles ran out through the doors to the street. At 3:40, Rev, J. \V. Simpson arose and said that the meeting would be continued in the Presbyterian Church, a block away. He requested the audience to make the change in as orderly a fashion as possible ; but while a great many were obedient to the request, the desire to get a good seat was strong, and there was an impetuous rush up Locust street. It was a case, however, of the first becoming the la.st, and the last the first. Those who were on the exterior of the building at the Congregational Church occupied front pews at the Presbyterian, and they who were down in front at the former place had to stand in the vicinity of the steps at the latter. Mr. Mills preached from the words of St. John xi. 28: "The Master is come, and calleth for thee." These are the words of Martha to Mary on the occasion when Christ raised Lazarus from the dead. Mr. Mills showed how suggestive was the story of the death and resurrection of Lazarus for Christians who were having a genuine revival. Memorial Volume. 137 Mr. Mills drew many parallelisms between the story of Lazarus and the features of a genuine revival. At the close of the service several hundred people ex- pressed their desire to surrender themselves to the divine Master. Again in the evening was the fact that Walnut Hills has yielded to the spell of the evangelist demonstrated by the throng that crowded into the First Presbyterian Church. There were enough people standing before the doors just previous to the time when they were opened to fill every pew in the house. The doors were opened at 7:15 ; at 7:20 Mr. Greenwood stood upon the platform and attempted to distribute the people to a little better advantage. "There are still a few unoccu- pied pew ends down this way, friends," he said. " You will find it easier to lean upon them than to stand up. Come down this way." A little later there was some most beautiful and im- pressive singing. The hardest heart in that dense crowd melted under its influence, and if there was any- body who did not join in the song he could not be seen from the platform. The hymn was "Jesus Saves." The choir, seated back of the pulpit, sang the words, "Sing above the battle strife," and then from the gal- lery, situated away in the rear of the building, came the refrain from hundreds of voices, "Jesus saves! Jesus saves! " Then the choir took up the burden of the song: Sing it softly through the gloom, When the heart for mercy craves, Sing in triumph o'er the tomb. 138 Mills Meetings From the gallery: Jesus saves! Jesus saves! Mr. Mills took for his text the words of the eighth chapter of Acts, a portion of the twenty-first verse : "Thy heart is not right in the sight of God." He commenced at once to enumerate the classes of people whose hearts were not right. They that have atheistic hearts are not right in God's sight. It is a very strik- ing fact that there are no reputable scientists to-day who deny the existence of God. But while men with atheistic heads are rarely to be found, many are they who have atheistic hearts. "An idolatrous heart is not right. If there be any man here to-night who prefers in his heart any one of his possessions to the love of God, he is an idolator. "The unbelieving heart is not right. There is no such a thing as a man's believing in righteousness without believing in the Lord of Righteousness. Belief in Christ is the touchstone of a man's character, and the attitude of a man towards Christ shows exactly what that man really is. If you can not bring your- self to believe, you may be sure that there is some- thing wrong about your heart — there is some pride, some conceit that you have not yet acknowledged. "No man can have bitterness in his heart toward anybody and be right toward God. Why do you wish to have such a thorn festering in your heart ? Yet some of you cling to it as though it was one of your most valuable possessions. " A proud selfish heart, a divided, variable heart, an impenitent heart — none of these are right in the sight of God. Satan can make men do strange things in this Memorial Volume, 139 world, but the strangest thing is that he can make a man proud of the hardness of his heart — proud that he can not be affected at a time hke this. "Then there is the careless, procrastinating heart. Some of you may remember the allegory of ' Satan and the Revival. ' There was a great religious upheaval at a certain place, and Satan felt the necessity of bring- ing it to an end. There was a council called, and one devil proposed one course, and another proposed some- thing else. One said : ' I will go down there and say to the people: "There is no God in heaven, no Satan in hell." Satan replied : "They will not believe you; that will not do. ' And a second devil said : ' I will go and tell them that there is a God and a heaven, but no Satan and no hell." And Satan again said that they would not believe that, and he should not go. A third spoke up : ' I will go and tell them that the Bible is true, that there is a heaven and a hell, a God and a Satan. But put off your decision. There is no hurry about mak- ing it. * And Satan cried : ' Go ! Go ! They will believe what you say.' Friend, now is the accepted time." In the meeting last evening there were hundreds of unconverted people, and Mr. Mills recognized this fact by requesting this class of people to remain at the after meeting. The church members were requested to re- main away unless they brought with them some uncon- verted friend. As the choir sang "Just as I Am, and Waiting Not," Mr. Mill requested all those who were willing to become Christians to stand up. Some twenty-five or thirty arose in response to this request. A little later the cards were passed around, and many signatures obtained. More than a thousand of these cards have been signed, and the end is not yet. 146 Mills Meetings EIGHTH DA TS SER VICE. Thursday, January 28. Despite the fact that Wednesday was observed by many hours of prayer and service, the afternoon meeting held to-day in the Walnut Hills Methodist Church was the largest afternoon meeting that has yet been held at that place. Mr. Mills read from the eighth chapter of Acts, commencing with the twenty sixth verse. He took his text from the thirty-fifth verse : ' ' And preached unto him Jesus." At the evening service, in the First Presbyterian Church of Walnut Hills, Mr. Mills faced an audience that, as usual, filled every available nook and corner of the building. There were very few people there, evi- dently, who had not been to some one or more of the previous meetings, and the reporter has noticed that the front pew is occupied by the same people, almost to an individual, from night to night. Some people are giving a good deal of time to these meetings who are not there as workers. The evangelist spoke from the words to be found in the tenth chapter of Mark, the twenty-first verse; " One thing thou lackest." NINTH DAYS SERVICE. Friday, January 2Q. Mr. Mills addressed the usual large congregation to-day at the Walnut Hills M. E. Church in the after- noon, and at the Presbyterian Church in the evening. Memorial Volume. 141 There was no service on Saturday. On Sunday the services were very impressive, and were all conducted by Mr. Mills in the First Presby- terian Church, corner of Gilbert avenue and Locust street, as follows : At II A. M., for men only ; at 3 130 P. m., for young people only; at 7:30 p. m., for non-church members and friends. At 1 1 A. M. there was service for women only at the Methodist Church, led by Dr. A. B. Riggs, and a similar service at the same time in the Baptist Church, on Kemper lane, led by Rev. Wm. McKibbin. WALNUT HILLS WOMEN'S UNION PRAYER MEETINGS. Held in Connection With the Mills Meetings. In response to a call from the chairman of the Committee on Devotions (in the First District), Rev. Wm. McKibbin, D. D., who had as his associates one gentleman and lady from each of the seven churches in the district, a meeting was held two weeks before the coming of the evangelist ; and, among other topics, the one of holding a woman's union prayer meeting was discussed and arranged for. The first one was held Sabbath afternoon, January 17th, in the Christian Church. This was a large meet- ing, and as the leader, Mrs. Corvan, a most godly wo- man, and efificient worker in the Methodist Church, read from John xiv . of the mutual love between Christ and his members, and also of our witness- 142 Mills Meetings bearing, all hearts were truly bound together at the very beginning, and we realized that we were one ; also that our consecration must be entire, if we would know the peace and joy of abiding in Christ, as did Miss Havergal, when she wrote those beautiful lines : " Take my Hfe, dear Lord, and use it, Wholly thine so let it be ; Filled each moment from th}^ fullness, Moulded, guided, ruled by thee. After Mr. Mills came, daily women's union prayer meetings were held in the Methodist Church, beginning at 2:45, ^""^ continuing forty-five minutes. The first of these was led by Mrs, Trout, of the First Presbyterian Church (Walnut Hills). She read selections from the Old and New Testaments bearing on the subject of " Ministering Unto," and passed the idea upon the women of the church in these days, that they were not to sit idly by, enjoying the benefits of salvation all themselves, but were to actually serve in the Master's vineyard, by giving it to those who had it not. Prayers and songs filled the hour, all of which were a fitting prelude of the week. Tuesday, Mrs. Peters, of the Baptist Church, was in charge. She took us very near the cross, where we felt that it was for us, for our crimes, " He groaned and bled and died, and yet his love had set us free. Thursday hour was in charge of Mrs. Lehman, of the Christian Church. This was a quiet and very im- pressive service, and as one after another testified as to the result of personal effort, the very heavens seemed to open and pour out a copious blessing. It was on going out from this meeting that one of the " Marthas " said: " I could not get into all the meet- Memorial Volume. 143 ings during the week, but they have been an inspira- tion to me every day." And now we come to the closing day of these spir- itual feasts, which was in charge of Mrs. Bowman, of the Baptist Church ; and she, being always full of the "Holy Ghost," spoke with power. We felt that «// were of one mind, with one aim, and that to do the will of our Father in Heaven. The "sisterhood," of the churches walked tosfeth- er as one, and we feel and know that this unity of heart and life must bear fruit in the days to come. And now as we passed out from these hallowed walls we could again hear the request from our beloved Master to every Christian woman, as He gave it Himself to Mary, the first one on the resurrection morning: " Go to my brethren and say to them, I ascend to my Father;" a command from Jesus Christ to woman to proclaim to the world a risen Lord. MT. AUBURN DISTRICT. WHICH INCLUDED AVONDALE AND CLIFTON. In fulfillment of the plan set forth in the introduc- tory chapter, the field of the work was changed to the district of Mt. Auburn, which included Avondale and Clifton and at the same time the Covington Dis- trict. The presence of Dr. J. Wilbur Chapman and Geo. B. Stebbins, sketches, of whom will be found at the close of the work in the Central District, made it possible to carry the work on in widely separated dis- tricts. The work in these districts was commenced on Monday, February i, 1892, Rev. B. Fay Mills and Mr. Greenwood alternating with Dr. J. Wilbur Chap- man and Mr. Stebbins in the services, thus giving both districts the advantage of the eloquent sermons of both pastors. The services in the Mt. Auburn District were held at the Mt. Auburn Presbyterian Church, of which Rev. Henry M. Curtis is pastor, with the following excep- tions. The first service, on Monday afternoon, was held at the Avondale Presbyterian Church, of which Rev. Thos. O. Lowe is pastor, by Rev. B. Fay Mills, who preached from the text, "There is the sound of an abundance of rain" (II. Kings). The attendance upon the service was large, the people of Avondale entering heartily into the spirit of the work so well inaugurated in Walnut Hills. J-J^-" Memorial Volume. 145 To attempt to give all the sermons and meetings held in the different districts would require the pages of an encyclopaedia, and, having given a characteristic series of services in one district, be tautological. The Sunday-school Conference was held at the Mt. Auburn Baptist Church, Rev. E. Armstrong Ince, pastor, and was similar to the services given at the Y. M. C. A. The service on Sunday morning, February 7, in which Mrs. Ballington Booth, of London, England, the noted Salvation Army leader, addressed an audience of ladies, was held at this church, and was highly appreci- ated. At the request of many, a considerable portion of her words are republished from the excellent report of the Tivies 5/«r of February 8, 1892. The ladies' prayer meetings were held at the Meth- odist Episcopal Church, corner Auburn Avenue and McMillan, of which Rev. J. J. McCabe is pastor. They were largely attended, and there can be no doubt but that the fervent prayers of the ladies of Mt. Au- burn added to the power of the good work done in this district. The last afternoon meeting was held at the Clifton Presbyterian Church in Clifton, of which Dr. E'. L. Warren is pastor. The sermon was preached by Dr. J. Wilbur Chapman, from the text: "We have left all and followed thee" (Mark x. 28). The attendance was large and representative of the wealthiest families in Cincinnati. Dr. Chapman's sermon was eloquent and searching, and the Spirit of God rested upon the hearts of the people, who were thoroughly in sympathy with the work and the eloquent ministers who addressed them. 146 Mills Meetings The other services, from Tuesday, February 2nd, to Wednesday, February loth, held in the evenings at the Mt. Auburn Presbyterian Church, vi^ere attended by audiences that demonstrated the breadth of possibiUty that hes in the work of the Rev. B. Fay Mills to teach and touch for Christ people in all ranks and conditions of life. The congregations at these meetings were from the most cultured centers of wealth in our city, and entered heartily into the spirit of the revival and added largely to the wealth of rejoicing that ascended for many days, as souls were gathered to eternal salvation. Mr. Mills has frequently expressed as his idea that methods of work once perfected will apply to all, and he has proven his idea by practical demonstration. Passing from one section to another with the same methods and largely the same sermons, he has in all cases been crowned with success. Whether in the center of wealth and relative exclusiveness or before the massed throngs of eager seekers, he has spoken the same blessed words taken from the same Gospel. Surely he has demonstrated that the Gospel is for all men and all times. The services in the two sections differed only in the social difference of the attendants. The people of Mt. Auburn, Clifton, and Avondale entered heartily into the work and filled the churches with a cultured aud- ience, who gladly heard and as gladly received the Gospel of Jesus Christ. The following churches composed the Mt. Auburn District : Clifton Presbyterian, Rev. E. L. Warren, D. D. , pastor ; Avondale Presbyterian, Rev. Thos. O. Lowe ; Mt. Auburn Presbyterian, Rev. H. M. Curtis ; MT. Al'lUKN HAl'TIST CIUKCi: Memorial Volume. 147 Mt. Auburn M. E., Rev. J. J. McCabe ; Avondale M. E., Rev. J. W. Peters; Mt. Auburn Baptist, Rev.* E. A. Ince ; and Mt. Auburn German M. E., Rev. Jno. Oetjen. The same general plan, fully shown in the report of Walnut Hills, was observed in this district. Many of the sermons by Mr. Mills were repeated here. Space limit alone prevents a full report of the ser- mons of Rev. B. Fay Mills and his able associates, and compels us to the limitation of one full sermon by Dr. J. Wilbur Chapman. ADDRESS OF MRS. BALLINGTON BOOTH. Delivered at Mt. Auburn Baptist Church, Sunday, February 7, 10 a. m. Her subject was "Consecration," and those who faced her read a thorough sermon in her pure face, which they knew to be the index of her character, more than any she could have preached in words. Seated on the platform at the left were Mrs. Thane Miller, Mrs. Bishop Walden, Mrs. Henry Sage, Mrs. Ince, Mrs. A. J. Sage, and Mrs. Geo. Mason ; on the right were Mrs. Booth, her secretary, Mrs. Vickery, and Capts. E. Heffelman, A. Heffelman, Trvin and Widrig. Mrs. Thane Miller, after the invocation by Mrs. Walden, introduced Mrs. Vickery, who read for the Scripture lesson a few verses from Philippians ii., beginning with the fifth. Capt. Irvin led in prayer. Then the eyes of all were fixed upon the girlish figure of Mrs. Booth as she advanced to the front of the 148 Mills Meetings platform and in a sweet voice, pitched at a natural key, began to speak : "My heart has been so very full this morning as I have been sitting here on the platform and lifting it to God, that I now feel that my great difficulty will be to put into words all that I have to say. I sometimes think that it would be a very blessed thing if we could lay our hearts open that people might see what was within them ; it would be so much better than to place our dependence upon weak words. " I am glad to be able to speak to an audience composed of members of my own sex, for I believe that God has a great mission for the women of this latter part of the ninteenth century. When we think of the wonderful gifts that God has given to women of sympathy and limitless love, of patience and infinite tact, it seems strange that for so many ages she should have been pushed into the background, where she could have no exercise for these faculties. Foi she may, indeed, be one of God's most powerful agents; she may go out and do Christ's work in saving and redeeming fallen humanity, as none others can. Some- times people say that because woman has such a capacity for suffering and is physically so weak, her place should be one of safety and comfort. * Put her,' they say, 'where she can suffer no harm.' But I know that God can enable us to go everywhere to fight and to die in the forefront of battle. When . we turn the - pages of history we find examples enough of what woman can do. As I look "back my thoughts rest upon one woman who was able to do and to dare. Surrounded by her people in the market-place, when others acted the part of cravens, she stood boldly up Memorial Volume. 149 and said that she would take the sword of her fore- fathers and go forth to battle. With one accord her countrymen rose to her support, and a little later they placed upon her the iron crown of Hungary. " We can rise in our weakness and place our hands in those of the great Source of strength and say : * Lord, we will be Thy warriors ; we will snatch Thy jewels from the terrible places into which they have iallen, and will return them to Thee that they may shine brightly in Thy diadem.' As a member of the Salvation Army, and in view of its history, I have a right to speak of what woman can accomplish in bat- tling. I know that God can make a great deal out of poor broken hearts. The more broken they are the more beautiful they can be made. Sometimes people say to us, ' You talk of going down into the slums where virtue does not exist and sobriety is not known. If you get such people to listen to you what can you do with them ?' There is a stone, of which I am very fond, and which I used to wear before I gave up all my jewelry for Christ's sake. It is a stone that has no color properly of its own. It is the opal. Yet when you hold it up in the path of a sunbeam it reflects all the colors of the rainbow. Without light it shines not at all ; with light it glows with a radiance surpassing that of all other gems. Where do these colors come from ? Oh, friends, this opal is a stone with a broken heart. Just so, broken hearted humanity. If the light be poured upon it, it will shine with a great and unexpected beauty ; the greater because unexpected. "In the Salvation Army we know what a woman can do. Whom do we send to the lowest and vilest places in the slums of our great cities ? A woman. 150 Mills Meetings We send her alone with her God and a companion of her own sex, and we find in the worst places where humanity lies rotting, where outcasts are dying upon straw, where the houses are more like hells than like homes, that a woman can do what man could not do. Ah ! God has given some of our women a wonderful power to help and uplift. He can make her the lion tamer. Often, indeed, does she quell the turbulence of d/'unken, reeling men when nobody else could, through the power from on high. As I stand here and think of the great possibilities that lie in your natures, I long for words to make you realize it as I do. " The great thing for us to do is to consecrate our- selves. I hope to speak right to your hearts this morning. Have you and I not known the sorrows and joys of womanhood ? Have we not stood at the bed- side of a dying mother ? I have. ** Have we not, many ot us, stood beside a mother's grave and turned away with a feeling that never again we should know what comfort meant ? I have. I re- member that when I went into the room where my dead mother lay, and knelt down by the bier crying desperately and pitcously, I heard a voice which said to me : * As one whom her mother comforted, so will I comfort thee.' ' ' Have we not, many of us, knelt at the graves of our first born ? I have. Do we not, many of us, when we go home, twine our hands in the golden locks of some baby boy or girl that is still left to us, and pray that we may be more worthy mothers ? I do. And so we have but one heart to-day ; we want to be ideal wives and mothers. Let us pray to be not only like our mothers before us, but something even higher. Memorial Volume. 151 Let us say : ' Lord, make me a woman like after Thy ideal ? And let me go out and do Thy work, and not my own. Let me go to souls that are now wandering in the desert, and show them where the green pastures lie. ' "There is a picture that I always love to look at, love to think of — a picture that I once saw in the Louvre, in which Christ is represented as nailed to a hard wooden cross. At the feet of the Lord there kneels a woman. To embrace the Lord's feet she had to put her arms about the cross. So it is with us to-day. We all wish to kiss the feet of Jesus, but we must un- derstand that we can not do this without embracing the cross. It will mean some blood ; it will mean some sharp thorns ; it will mean some wounds ; but I tell you it also means some joy, and a glory that the very angels would rejoice in. "It seems to me that there are some essentials which Christ has laid down for us, if we would fulfill our woman's mission. Alas, how many hands grow weary, how many acres of God's vineyard have gone to waste and to weeds because so many have started out without understanding what God wants of them. It seems to me that the religion this nineteenth century needs — that which women should be willing to spread — is a religion of light, which people can see and take hold of in the night time and in the darkness. It seems to me farcical for people to talk about letting their light shine when there is plenty of light about them, and letting it vanish when they pass from a Christian company into that of the skeptical and vicious. That is not a Christ light that goes out in darkness. My mind goes back, as I speak, to our army work in Switzerland. What a work we did there ! We were 152 Mills Meetings hounded from place to place by the police, and it seemed as though ?.ll the powers of hell were leagued against us to thwart us at every step. We made six thousand converts in a short time, but we endured all kinds of persecution. "Finally my dear sister, Miss Booth, and I took occasion to rest for a few days in one of the Swiss castles. When it was light we had to keep in close confinement for fear that the police would ferret us out and drive us away. But at night, when it got very dark, we would walk up and down the mountain roads, and we used to amuse ourselves by chasing the little glow-worms. When we caught one we would fasten jt in our hats, that we might see each other afar off. But we experienced great difficulty in capturing these glow- worms. Many a time I would tiptoe carefully up to one, and then when I was about to grasp it its light would disappear, and I would not know where to put my hand. " God does not want any glow-worm saints. He wants the light to be one that is true, steady and con- stant. What would be the use of a lighthouse that sent out the electric spark by day and shut down by night ? But God can shine down into our hearts and kindle a light that shall shine day in and day out. " I think I hear some of you saying: 'Ah, you talk about going into the slums and working with the degraded.' No, I do not. God knows that in some of our little circles of society there is darkness enough. I do not refer to the darkness of vice like that to be found in the slums, but I speak of the darkness in the homes where there is no Christ, where there is no real Christian living. Memorial Volume. 153 "There is one way by which the diamond can always be distinguished from paste. Hold it up in the light, and the true gem will give out a delicate blue sparkling light that the imitation can never give. So the world can tell the true Christian from the false. In the day of test the former's light shines clearer and clearer, while that of the latter grows dim and lack- lustre. You say that you can not shine ? Well, you can reflect, you can shine back the love of Jesus that is in you. To be sure, not all hearts have the power of reflecting. Only the pure heart 'can shine,' and I mean by purity, the purity of holiness which God can give, by which we are kept not only from the great sins which can not be named here, but from the many little things that can be done and said and which leave a scar. I found in my own experience that I got no help or comfort until I came and laid myself upon God's altar. For ten years he has led me in his service, and I promise you that all of your doubts will be settled if you only once consecrate yourselves to Him. " Of late years I have given my attention during my spare hours to the study of antiseptic surgery. At first my heart recoiled from the work, but I have mas- tered this distaste and have gained many wonderful lessons at the surgeon's table. I have noticed many analogies between the work of the surgeons and that of the Salvation Army. The surgeon has to have very clean hands before he can undertake an operation, and his instruments have to be scrubbed and washed in var- ious cleansing and disinfecting solutions. And the surgeon's attendant has to prepare his hands before he can handle the instruments. If one of the instruments happens to be brought accidentally in contact with the 154 Mills Meetings clothing of the patient it is rendered useless for the time being. " And so we militant Christians must become pure. No effort of our own, no amount of resolution can make us pure enough for service. If we are to be in- struments, we must be passed through the fires of pur- ification. If we are not pure as God can make us pure how dare we go out to those who are impure ? They would say to us, 'Physician, heal thyself.' Worse than that, as an unclean knife might convey a poisonous germ to a patient's system, so we, being unclean, might poison another's soul. "There is a great antiseptic that can make us pure — the precious blood of Jesus Christ — the blood that was shed on Calvary. Washed in this, we can go out into the world, and it will recognize that we are in it, but not of it, and we can feel that we are supported by the power of purity. I knew once of a surgeon who undertook to perform an operation upon a man whose system was full of a malignant poison. He had a little skin bruise on his hand, but it was so tiny that he thought nothing about it. After the operation the little prick began to smart, and soon after it began to fester. He came very near losing his arm from that little act of carelessness. And so it seems to me that if we have allowed our own hearts to entertain any- thing inconsistent with our professions, we are likely to become contaminated with the things of the world, which we go out to overcome, and which are antago- nistic to the things of Christ. "The Christian without the power of God is like the beautiful machine without the motor, and the acquisition of this power is not so long a process if the Memorial Volume. 155 heart is once prepared. Even before we go out of this room the power of the Holy Ghost may come to us if we are willing. "But it is useless to talk to those that are fettered about this power. If you go to a man who is chained to a stone in a prison and tell him that he has the power to run, he laughs at you ; his limbs are bound. And so it is in regard to the Christian life. There are some who are fettered, and until these fetters are re- moved it is useless to talk. But the blessed Christ can remove these shackles. "The power of all powers is the power of love. You can talk about everything else on earth that is good, but you will mention nothing equal to love. We know how that can break what otherwise never could be broken. And so the love of God can break the strongest fetters that bind. "What a responsibility there is upon each one of us ! There are precious little feet that are to travel along the paths we are treading. Ah ! we must tread in the path of purity! A little while ago I was spending a day at home with my little baby boy. How many lessons he teaches me ! Although he is a mem- ber of the Salvation Army in spirit as much as a four- year-old boy can be, yet he is like all other children — fond of mischief. I feel that I have to be very careful with him for fear that people may say that my work as a Salvationist has interfered with the proper perform- ance of the duties which, as a mother, I owe to my boy. And as my mother-in-law brought up her eight children so that they all unhesitatingly joined in the work of the Salvation Army, so I mean to bring up my boy. Well, this afternoon, when I went upstairs, I 156 Mills Meetings found him sitting up in his cot, and there was a mis- chievous gleam in his eyes. I soon found out what he had done. It was only a little thing, but I felt that I must punish him for it. I shook him a little, and he began to cry in an ugly way. It was a real naughty cry. You are mothers, and you know what I mean. Finally I leaned over the cot and said, 'You make Dado very, very sad ; you will break my heart. Dado may go to heaven, and then you will feel very sorry.' And then the little fellow melted and threw his arms around my neck and cried, ' I am going with Dado, and I want to go by the angels' way.' As I turned away I thought how blessed it would be if we could go together and along ' the angels' way. ' ' ' Those who find the truth in this book [laying her hand on the Bible] must live lives of such purity that we shall lead not only our children but every one along the right path. Let us not be selfish. A woman, to be what God would have her be, must be very un- selfish. "And now, in conclusion, I wish to be very personal with you. I wish to ask if there are some of you who are willing to consecrate yourselves wholly to God. I do not know just how you conduct these meetings, but at the end of some of our Salvation Army meetings we have had hundreds stand up in testimony of their will- ingness to consecrate themselves to God 's service. When I confessed Christ I stood up before four thou- sand people. Will those who feel that their lives have not been fully consecrated stand up ? [Several stood up]. Ah, there should be twenty or thirty. I want those to rise who feel that their lives have not been as useful to Christ as they might have been, those whose Memorial Volume, 157 steps have sometimes faltered. [Twenty or more arose]. I think that women have to overcome a natural timidity about doing anything in public. Not many of them have reached the point where they are willing to eudure to be pointed out as eccentric or peculiar. They fear that the world may call them fools or cranks. Can not you overcome this feeling?" (Enough stood up to make the number standing about one hundred). Mrs. Booth prayed fervently, and the congregation was dismissed after the singing of the choir : "Though your sins be as scarlet, They shall be as white as snow." SERMON, Preached in the Mount Auburn Presbyterian Church, , Cincinnati, O., February 3, 1892. by the rev. j. wilbur chapman. Text. "See that we receive the full reward." — II. John 8. The rewards of a Christian are before him as an in- spiration, and, while we ought not to work for them alone, we ought not to lose sight of them. I have been greatly impressed with the subject of crowns, and greatly helped in view of the fact that, while I may have one of them as a reward, it is possi- ble for me to have them all. Any crown is in itself interesting. The crown of Ivan was studded with one hundred and forty-eight diamonds ; the crown of Peter with one hundred and eighty-seven ; the crown of Im- perial Russia, twenty-five hundred ; and the crown of France, five thousand and fifty-two. Can you imagine 158 Mills Meetings their splendor? And yet the crown of the poorest saint is infinitely better. It is not a question of our salvation. Faith as a grain of mustard seed can save us. It is a question of rewards given to us because of faithfulness in service. There have been rewards given men here. Captain David Gun, of the battle at Agincourt, was wounded, and King Henry V. knighted him as he lay. Gara- baldi, finding one of his men dying in the hospital, pro- moted him that he might die as an officer. But all things are as nothing when compared with the rewards of a Christian. I have five crowns to present to you as an inspira- tion. I. The crown of life. James i. 12: "Blessed is the man that endureth temptation, for when he is tried he shall receive the crown of life." This is the martyr's crown. What a transition for Paul, from the dungeon to the presence of Christ. For Latimer, from the stake to the throne. For Robert Hall, from insanity to glory. And what a transition it will be for some of us. There is a great deal of emphasis to be placed upon the word ' endure. * Many a saint can stand at the judgment seat of Chrict, and say they had done almost nothing for Christ. They had had the aching head, the weak side, the irritated lung ; they could only say they had done the best they could, as they tried to be peaceful and patient ; they could not enter into the thickest of the fight. They were rarely in the meetings. Their voices were still where others were heard. All they could do was to pray, like a man who prayed for his pastor for fourteen years. He never heard him Memorial Volume. 159 preach in all the time, but each year there were souls converted to Christ by the score. The people could not understand the secret of it. The minister did not know himself, until when he was leaving his pastorate, saying good-by to all the people, he met this man in his home, when he said : ' ' Pastor, I have never heard you preach in all these years, but there has never been a day that I have not prayed God earnestly for a bless- ing upon your ministry." Then the secret was out. It is great praying that makes great preaching. And for those who are thus-faithful there is a crown of life. There are those whose talents are small, whose gilts are few, whose position is humble, who can only give the cup of cold water, and speak the kind word, but to all such he will say, " Inasmuch as ye did it unto the least of these, ye did it unto me." A Russian soldier on picket duty was found by a peasant without an overcoat. The peasant took off his own great coat, gave it to the soldier, and hurried home. Chilled through and through by the Russian winter, in a little time he died, but, before he died, he had a dream in which he seemed to stand in the very presence of Christ. When he had opened his eyes he told his friends that he had seen the Master. "And the stran- gest thing," he said, " Ke had near to Him my great coat, and when I asked Him what it meant, He simply said these words, 'I was naked, and ye clothed me.' " Never a kind word, a cup of cold water, a pleasant smile, an earnest prayer given in the name of the Lord Jesus, but will meet a reward, and the reward will be the crown of life. 2. The incorruptible crown (I. Cor. ix, 5). This is ex- actly the opposite of the first, and is for the one pos- i6o Mills Meetings sessed of an aggressive spirit. Paul said there are those who are striving for a corruptible crown, but he was seeking the one incorruptible. It was the same spirit possessed him when he said : ' ' And now, behold, I go bound in the spirit unto Jerusalem ;" and again : "This one thing I do ;" and again : "Laying aside every weight and the sin which doth so easily beset us;" and still again : " I am willing to suffer the loss of all things. " It is the same spirit which possessed Rowland Hill when he saw a gravel bank which had caved in on the workman, and shouted until they heard his voice a mile away. It is the spirit that animated the son of Cresus ; he was dumb, but he saw his father's life in danger, and he cried out in such agony that the strings were snapped that imprisoned his speech, and he said, "O kill not the king." It is the spirit we should have if we but realize the lost condition of men about us. The church is all wrong in its ideas if it says we have opened our doors, let the people come in if they will; the Gospel is free, the singing is attractive. This is not the spirit of the Master, for He said that we must go out after the lost until we find them. It is a very strong hint that if one method will not attract men to Christ, it should give way to another. Chalmers was noted for his perfect diction. In speaking, his sentences were like arrows of light; they shone with all the perfection and beauty of jewels; but they were as cold as ice, and as lifeless as stone. Chal- mers' heart became fired with zeal for souls and with the love of God, and he forgot everything else in his preaching save that men were lost and that he had been sent to warn them, and in his latter days hundreds and thousands were born into the kingdom. ;1'IKST PRl'.Sl'.V'ri'.KIAX ClirkCII, C< i\-l XC.ToN , K\ Memorial Volume. i6i It is said that the great conflagration in London could have been easily stopped if the firemen could have proceeded against it, but they could not do so until they had received the order from the lord mayor, ane he could not give the order until he had entered his office, seated himself in his official chair, donned the robes of office, and in the regular way sent forth the message for them to fight the flames. By that time they were alftiost beyond control. We sometimes find this spirit in the church of to-day. There is such a thing as a church being almost dead because of dignity and conservatism, and it is an inspiration to know that there is a crown awaiting a man whose spirit is just exactly opposite. 3. The crown of rejoicing (I. Thess. ii. 9). If there is one more to be desired than another, to me it would be this one, for it may be called the soul-win-, ner's crown. Paul says, "For what is our hope, our joy, our crown of rejoicing? are not even ye ?" And by this he meant to say that the crown of rejoicing was to be found in the Thessalonians themselves, for he had won them to Christ. That is the crown Wesley is to wear, also Baxter, Whitfield, Edwards, and Moody. I beseech you that you wear it yourself. It is the crown the sainted Spur- geon wears to-day, for it is said that he led thirteen thousand into the kingdom in his own church, and that is but the beginning of the number throughout the world. This country is not like England, rich in monu- ments cut from stone, but the best monuments in Eng- land are not these, but the lives of Wickliffe, Howard, Clarkson, Livingstone, and Carey, and such a monu- i62 Mills Meetings ment each one of us may have if we are but seeking to lead others to God. There is no service that pays so well in this world. One of the best Sunday-school workers in this country is Mr. Ralph Wells. At one' time he told me the story of the beginning of his work. He had just been con- verted, and bad a desire to teach in a Sunday-school. He asked the superintendent to give him a class, but he declined. He asked him again, and he said " No. " A third time he told him that he would give him a place to teach if he would get his own class, and so the young man started out. Going first to a house not far away, he made his errand known to the lady of the house, and asked her if her boy could come to Sunday-school. She quickly answered " No," that she was afraid to have him go because of the teaching he might receive. "Then," said Mr. Wells, " I wish I had not thought of the work." Finally she said to him, "Who will teach him?" "Then," said he, "I was more uncomfortable than ever." Finally he said, "I spoke out, saying, ' Well, I'm going to teach him,' " and there was something in the way he said it that so impressed the mother that she said, "Next Sunday the boy shall be there." He came. The young teacher touched his heart, and as a result he gave himself to Christ. Said Mr. Wells to me: " I want to tell you another story. Only a little time ago I was called to the bed- side of a young man who was dying. His wife was sitting near to him, sobbing as if her heart would break. He motioned to me to come nearer to him, and then to lift him up, and I put my arms underneath him, and drew his head close to my breast. Then he began to Memorial Volume. 163 talk, and among other things he said : ' Teacher, does n't it pay, this blessed service in which we have been en- gaged' and with his last words touching the story of his life work, he went out into the eternity. And," said Mr. Wells, " that was a boy I first led to Christ. He was my associate in Sunday-school work. God had mightily used us in leading others into the Kingdom.'' The great Sunday-school worker was still for a mo- ment, and then he said : " Pay ? There is no service in all this world that can pay like it. I had rather feel the joy that comes as a result of leading one soul to Christ, than to have anything that the world could give. But there is this to be remembered, that we not only receive our reward here — we shall also have a crown of rejoicing. " 4. A crown of glory (I. Peter v. 4.) "But when the chief shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive the crown of glory. " This reward is for those who are the shepherds of the flock. Some would call them the pas- tors, but there should be more pa.stors in the church than simply the man who preaches the gospel. I have sixteen elders in my own church, and I count them as shepherds of the flock, and God looks upon them in the same way. There are many members of a church who could do this same work that God expects. It will be a happy day for us when we reach the time when the members of the church will feel themselves called upon to hold up those who are the babes in Christ. Many people are afraid of the results of the revivals. This always depends upon the condition of the church. If we let the people come in, and do nothing to hold them, they will drift out. If the church is spiritual. 104 Mills Meetings the new members will be spiritual. If it is worldly, they will take upon themselves the same character. The rule is that new members will always average after the old ones. The greatest work of the church is at the time when the greatest number is being received. I can remember when my own little girl was just be- ginning to walk, that we were obliged to hold our arms about her as she took her first steps, but now we never think of doing it. She can run and not be weary, and the promise of God's word is that he who is like the shepherd of the flock, watching the weakest with the tenderest care, shall receive the crown of glory, when the chief shepherd appears 5. The crov/n of righteousness. (II, Tim. iv. 8). " Henceforth there is laid up for me," just as if it were the best crown of all, and had the best place in the mansions above, ' ' a crown of righteousness which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day, and not to me only, but to all them that love his appearing." I fear some of us may not receive this, but it is a blessed hope ; it will keep us pure and make us faith- ful, keep us watchful and make us earnest, so that all the crowns are really embraced in this one. Arc you ready ? For all those who go with the up- lifted face crying, "O Lord Jesus, how long?" he will come, and his reward will be with him ; it will be the crown of righteousness. But there is something better still beside. In Rev- elation, fourth chapter, we are told that the four and twenty elders are to be seen with crowns upon their heads, but in the tenth verse we are told that when the Lamb, slain from the foundation of the world, appears, they cast all their crowns at His feet. Memorial Volume. 165 ' ' Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honor and power. " So that the best reward after all is to be with Him. That was a glad day in 1855 when the soldiers came back from the Crimean war, and the queen gave them medals, called the Crimean medals. Galleries were con- structed for the two houses of parliament and the royal family, to witness a presentation. Her royal majesty herself came in to watch them give the reward. Here comes a colonel who lost both his feet at Inkerman, he wheeled in on a chair ; here is a man whose arms are gone ; and so they came, maimed, halt. Then the queen, in the name of the government, gave the medals, and the bands of the people, with streaming eyes, sang "God Save the Queen." But I can think of something that would have made the same more wonderful — if these men had taken off the medals which the queen placed upon them, and cast them, back at her feet, saying : "No, your majesty, we can not keep them. We give back the medals. To see thee is the greatest reward." That shall we do in heaven. The time will come when we shall take the crowns that we have received from him, and we shall cast them at his feet. Then shall our eyes behold the King in his beauty, and that will be a full reward. COVINGTON DISTRICT. In the Covington District, entered at the same time as the Mt. Auburn District, the following churches and ministers cooperated : Union M. E., Dr. W. A. Robinson; Main street M. E., Rev. F. D. T. Bickley ; Shinkle Chapel, C. W. Sutton; Scott street M. E., South, Rev. W. T. Boiling; Eleventh street M. E. , South, Rev. W. A. Cooper ; Fourth street Christian, Rev. Walter S. Priest ; Fifth street Christian, Elder W. S. Keene ; First Presby- terian, Dr. J. I. Blackburn ; Madison avenue Presby- terian, Rev. W. H. Neel. While the success in Walnut Hills had in a measure prepared those in the work for any degree of fervor, they were more than encouraged by the gathering of people, far exceeding the capacity of the First Presbyter- ian Church on Fourth street. At 7:30 P. m., Monday. February ist, at the time appointed for opening the doors, it was impossible for a man to make his way into the church. A thousand people were turned away because they could not even get standing room. It was remarked that in the congregation the men predominated, and this was true of all the meetings held in Covington. Not only did this meeting exceed in size any of those held at Walnut Hills, but it differed in quality. It was made up of more impressible people. Either the ac- counts of Mr. Mills, which preceded him, or the work done by the pastors, have had a great preparatory effect ; or else the conditions over in Covington were 166 Memorial Volume. 167 unusually favorable for the success of this work at this time. However it may be explained, the hearts of hundreds of people were reached with very little appar- ent effort, and the responses to the invitations to remain to the after meeting, to rise for prayer, and to sign the cards, were so large as to approach unanimity. Seated upon the platform were most of the minis- ters of the Covington churches engaged in the work. These clergymen are Dr. W. A. Robinson, of Union M. E. Church ; Rev. F. T. D. Bickley, of Main street M. E. Church ; Rev. C. W. Sutton, of Shinkle Chapel ; Rev. W. T. Bowling, of the Scott street Methodist ; Rev. W. A. Cooper, of the Eleventh street M. E. S. ; Rev. Walter S. Priest, of the Fourth street Christian ; Elder W. S. Keene, of the Fifth street Christian ; Dr. J. I. Blackburn, of the First Presbyterian ; Rev. W. H. Neel, of the Madison avenue Presbyterian Church. Dr. J. I. Blackburn led in prayer. Mr. Greenwood sang " Throw Out the Life Line." Dr. Robinson then introduced Mr. Mills. He de- scribed the work done on Walnut Hills as the captur- ing of one of the enemy's outposts. Covington and Mt. Auburn were two other outposts that must be taken during the next ten days. Then the city would be attacked in detail, and finally, in the work at Music, Hall, the attack would be upon the very citadel itself The success of these operations was already assured if the Christian people of this locality would properly cooperate with their leader. Mr. Mills, upon rising, said : "I am glad to be in this grand old commonwealth of Kentucky, which was my home for many years, and I am especially 1 68 Mills Meetings glad that I am here to speak about my God, and my father's God. One of the most delightful trips of my life was the one which I took last Saturday to the old home of my father in Paris, Ky. Through him I may claim to be a full-blooded Kentuckian." Mr. Mills then directed the attention of his hearers to the text found in Luke xxii. 44 : "And being in an agony, he prayed more earnestly." At the close of the regular address he appealed first to the church members who were concerned for the welfare of the souls of any friends or relatives. He asked them to signify their concern by just rising and naming the person or persons, by indicating the rela- tionship. Mothers got up and in trembling whispers pronounced the words, " My son," or " My daughter," wives uttered the words, "My husband," and hus- bands spoke for their wives. There was no hesitation. People rose in rapid succession for about ten minutes, and it seemed as though nearly every one in the room had some one whose condition was a matter of concern to them. One old woman, bent nearly double with age, said: " My four children." A middle-aged man, with tears in his eyes, spoke huskily : " My sons, my sisters, and their families." From time to time Mr. Mills interjected some word of comfort, encouragement or incitement. When there was no more response from this class of his listeners, he turned his attention to those who had been Christians in the past, but who felt that they had disturbed the harmonious relationship with God by some sinful deed or thought. They were asked to rise, and the audience, which a moment ago seemed to be made up of Chris- tians who were concerned for others, now seemed to be Memorial Volume. 169 made up almost entirely of Christians concerned for themselves. A little later came the invitation to the unconverted to rise during prayers, and to sign the cards ; and here, too, the response was so general as to be very gratifying to those conducting the work. The reception accorded Rev. B, Fay Mills was re- peated on the following evening, when the service was conducted by Dr. J. Wilbur Chapman, and throughout the entire series the meetings were marked by great enthusiasm on the part of the workers and great interest by those who were out of the kingdom. Men who had never attended service came and were saved. Heads of families came to the men's meetings, and at the next meeting were seen with their families. Those who were at the earlier meetings testified at the later, and God's blessing of infinite mercy descended upon all. Fervent prayer, earnest service, were the watchwords of the faithful servants of Christ in this district, and though the immediate blessing was large, all joined in the expression, often repeated, "The end is not yet." All the services were held in the First Presbyterian Church on Fourth street. Rev. J. I. Blackburn, D. D. , pastor ; with the exception of one service for men held at the Union M. E. Church, Rev. W. A. Robinson, D. D., pastor. Dr. J, Wilbur Chapman preached the sermon. A day of prayer and special consecration was ob- served Tuesday, February 9, 1892. From one hundred and seventy-five to two hundred business places were closed up between 9:30 a. m. and 12 m., and from 3 to 5 p. M. , and again at 6:30. The order of services was as follows: At 8 a. M. , neighborhood prayer meetings; I/O Mills Meetings at 9, prayer meetings in the various churches ; at lO, 3:30 and 7:30, services in the Presbyterian Church. A cHpping" from the Times Star gives a very good idea of the enthusiastic response of the Covington peo- jdIc to this work. Among the two hundred business places closed were ten saloons. The streets were very quiet during the time of the morning service, and at very nearly every other window the pedestrian might see one of the cards announcing that the place was closed. There were very {q\x grocery wagons sent out, and the general aspect of the city was that characteristic of a Sabbath day. After the sermon in the evening Mr. Mills asked the congregation if they had anything to be thankful for as a result of the meetings. He requested all who had received some blessing to stand up. Nearly the whole audience rose to their feet. Mr. Mills was somewhat surprised at the unanimity of the congrega tion in responding. He asked the people to be seated, and then requested them to rise individually and give their reasons for being particularly thankful. An old man arose and said that he was thankful because God had answered his prayers, and all of his children had become Christians. Another was thankful for the sweet, heavenly spirit that was manifesting itself in all of the Christian people of Covington. They seemed to be bound together heart and soul. Dr. Bowling said : "I have received a new spirit of consecration to God's service." Dr. Blackburn: "I am thankful that our church is the largest, and that we have thus had you with us. I Memorial Volume. 171 do not see how we can give you up when the end comes." A business man : "I am thankful that people have closed their houses for the Lord on this busy working day." Many others arose and spoke to a similar effect. Regretting that we can not incorporate all the ser- mons preached, and the rich abundance of testimony as to the beauty and power of the gospel, we give a stenographic report of the sermon preached in the First Presbyterian Church, Covington, Ky., February 8th, 1892, by the Rev. J. Wilbur Chapman, D. D. SERMON, BY REV. J. W. CHAPMAN, D. D. Text : " Behold, we have forsaken all, and followed thee. What shall we have therefor ? " (Matt. xix. 2-]). The nineteenth chapter of Matthew presents some characteristics for which the Bible stands distinct from every other book. The Word of God contains the greatest thoughts, and the simplest ; the darkest places, and the brightest. Thoughts that disturb us because incomprehensible, and thoughts like angels' songs for sweetness. These are found side by side, especially in the chapter from which the text is chosen. The first verses have to do with the question of divorce. The disciples could not understand it at all, but it is immediately followed by one of the tenderest scenes in the New Testament. The mothers brought young children unto Him, and He took them up in His 1/2 Mills Meetings arms, and He blessed them. I do not know a tenderer scene in all the Word of God. Let us never forget, when we come to the place difficult to understand, that the very next verse may have a precious truth for us. Did you ever notice the disciples' comments, how they seemed to belittle every action of Christ? You do not know how grand Christ is until you compare Him witli others. Take the say- ings of the wisest men that have ever lived, and place them side by side with the words of Christ, and you will have before you one of the proofs of His divinity. Three times the disciples interrupted Christ in this chapter. The text is the third. The words are Peter's, for, while the other disciples may have had the ques- tions in their minds, he was the only one that would put the thought in words. We are drawn to Peter be- cause of his humanity, his promptitude, and his cour- age. We know ourselves better as we know him. That is a beautiful picture that is given as the call- ing of the evangelist by Christ. It is morning on Lake Gennesaret ; to the right is the city of Capernaum ; to the left, a fleet of fishing boats returning from an all-night's fishing ; upon the shore the multitudes throng around Christ. He enters into a boat, pushes out into the lake, enters into conversation with the disciples, and Peter, overpowered with the view of His divinity, ex- claims, "Depart from me, for I am a sinful man;" but the Master said, " Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men." Peter states a principle of religion in the text, and not only so, but a principle of life as well. It is necessary for us to leave all if we are to be much used in the service of Christ. It may seem to some that it Memorial Volume. 173 was very little that Peter left — a few nets, an old boat that needed mending, and his old father; but remem- ber it was all that he had. It seems to us, because seen through a great distance of time, that he did not leave much. When we reach that other shore and look back on the things we have left here for Christ, hov.' insignificant thay will seem ! A few sinful pleasures, a little worldly honor. Why, it is nothing now! The things we must give up for Christ may depend upon our calling. Peter gave up more when he be- came an apostle than when he was simply a disciple. There are some things a minister must give up if he would preach Christ. The gains of the merchant, the fame of the philosopher, and the glory of the discover- er are not for him. There are other things one must give up, if he would be an evangelist. If there is a principle in it all, it is this: we must give up anything that stands in the way of our successful service — of power from on high. It may not be your business, your pleasure, your friends, or your home, and yet it may be all of them. This you must determine, as you are taught of the Spirit. Did you ever realize that Peter gained, when he be- came willing to give up everything for Christ? There' were constantly being added to him new treasures in the line of his experience, and all because of his con- fession of Jesus Christ. First, he gained a house ; for, if you will remember, it is said that the Lord Jesus Christ entered into his house, and abode with him there. Second, he gained culture. He was a fisherman; more than that, he had been a profane man, a rough, uncouth character. We would never have chosen him as a disciple, much less as an apostle, still less as a 174 Mills Meetings writer of letters. Still, this man, as rough as any on our streets to-day, under the matchless influence of Christ, was so transfigured as to be able to preach with a power second only to the Master's ; and his letters, the genuineness of which has never been doubted by the greatest scholars, are said to be written in the purest Greek of the New Testament This is always the influence of the service of the Master. Third, he gained the closest fellowship with Christ. When there was sickness in his home, Christ entered in and touched the fevered brow, so that the sickness departed and the afflicted one arose with new strength. It is hard enough even with His blessing to meet and bear the burdens of life, but oh, to have no hope in Jesus ! How dark this world would be. He went with Christ on the mount of transfiguration. He beheld his garments grow whiter than any fuller could make them, and his face become shining as a sun ; and the fisher- man of days gone by, he whose business kept him night and day upon the sea until his face was weather- worn, beheld the transfigured Christ as we shall see Him in the skies. We, too, may become thus trans- figured if we are but living near to Him, for the word "transformed," in Romans xii. 2, is literally "trans- figured." But he gained more than this. They rose from that last supper, the memory of which is with us still, walked through the streets, out , the gates of the city, over the stream, and up the hillside into the shadow of the olive trees, which they say arc stand- ing to-day, and there, beneath the locked branches of those old trees, he, the fisherman that once had been, was with our Lord, when through the pores of His skin the blood drops came, when His heart was almost Memorial Volume. 175 breaking, and when over the enemy He gained a victory. What gain ! What infinite gain ! But there was still more. He was with Him at Bethany, also, and saw Him ascend to the skies. Through his tears he watched Him until He was lost in the clouds, and then, with the angel's promise that in like manner that he saw Him go He would come again, he went forth to preach and to work. Thou fisherman of Galilee ! who would not give up boats and nets, and all things else beside, for such a life ! But there was still more gain. Turn aside with me for a time, and enter into a city which has been famous throughout both ancient and modern time. It is the city of Rome in which we stand. We have come near that matchless building which is called the central shrine of all Christendom. We are standing on the very place where Nero set lions on the defenseless men and women whose only crime was that they were Christians. That wonderful building was three hun- dred and thirty-three years coming into completion, and yet it is not finished. It was the work of fifteen architects, among them Raphael and Angelo. To the summit of the cross in the great dome it is four hun- dred and seventy feet. Seven hundred and fifty-six columns adorn and uphold the wonderful structure. One hundred and twenty-one lamps, before forty-six altars, are kept burning constantly. Gibbon called it the grandest structure used for religious purposes in the history of the world, and listen — it is said that near to one of the altars is the shrine containing the ashes of St. Peter himself, and for fourteen centu ries his statue has been there. The building is St. Peter's at Rome, and, standing here, we behold his 1/6 Mills Meetings monument. This fisherman, this man of nets and boats, this man of low company and profane speech, who said, " We have forsaken all, and followed thee. What shall we have therefor ?" this is what he gained. But we have more than he if we are but faithful to Christ. "For all things are yours, whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come. All are yours, and yc are Christ's, and Christ is God's." SBB i< THE CENTRAL DISTRICT. THE EAST AND WEST DISTRICTS CONSOLI- DATED. On February ii, 1892, the work was commenced in the Central District, which, as has been stated in the introductory sketch, was composed of the consolidated East and West Districts. Reference to the Manual will show the cooperating churches and ministers. Preliminary to the formal opening of the siege in this district were the services held at the First Presb}^- terian Church on Fourth street, Rev. Hugh W. Gil- christ, pastor, an account of which will be found under the head of " Noonday Prayer Meetings." The work in this district assumed even larger proportions than that of the other districts, as the territory to be reached was much greater, including all the city below the hills. The daily services comprehended the possibility of attending a service at almost any hour of the day. A service was held in the morning at the Vine street Congregational Church, Rev. W. H. Warren, pastor, at 10 A. M.; at the First Presbyterian Church on Fourth street. Rev. Hugh Gilchrist, pastor, at noon ; at Ninth street Baptist, Rev. Johnston Myers and Rev. W. D. Holt, pastors, at 2:45 P- m. and at 3:30 p. m.; at the Central Christian Church, Dr. J. Z. Tyler, pastor, and the St. Paul M. E. Church, Dr. G. K. Morris, pastor, at 7:45 p. M. 178 Mills Meetings Every facility in point of time and location was amply provided for those who wished to attend, and the method of special services for different classes, to which tickets of admittance assured comfortable seats, made it possible to handle the great number of people who attended these meetings. While yet in the full Ught of the recent occurrence, it would be impossible to state which meeting or series of meetings were attended by the largest numbers; all the meetings had some who were their especial cham- pions. If in one case the Noonday Prayer Meeting was extolled, there would be elicited strong encomiums for the meetings at the Ninth street Baptist Church ; and those who attended the Central Congregational were not regretful that they had not attended service at some other church. Many came. All were filled with the spirit of the Gospel. The presence of Dr. J. Wilbur Chapman and his able associate, Geo. C. Stebbins, made it possible to re- peat the evening service, and this plan was carried out, giving all equal share in the richness of the Gospel as preached by these servants of the Master. Full details of these services would pile line upon line and page upon page, and far outreach the limit of a record the size of this volume. But while much that was said and done may never be printed from type, it has been graven in the hearts of many thousands who heard and saw it, and will be found in the records of holier lives and broader spiritual conceptions. Reports of all the stations of service follow. ST. PAT'I< M. Iv CIirKCH. Memorial Volume. 179 FIRST SERVICE IN ST. PAUL M. E. CHURCH. Thursday Evening. February ii, 1892. * The union services in the great central districts of the city, conducted by Mr. Mills and Dr. Chapman simultaneously, opened with much enthusiasm and large attendance, on Thursday evening, February nth, in St. Paul M. E. Church, corner of Seventh and Smith streets, and the Central Christian Church, on Ninth street, near Plum. Mr. Mills preached at St. Paul Church to a great audience, which filled every corner of the house. A large platform occupied the place of the pulpit, back of which was the great organ, and over which was a spanning arch of gas jets forming the inscription in large letters, " Glory to God in the Highest." The chorus choir of one hundred voices occupied the back part of the platform. In front was the small organ used by Mr. Greenwood, behind which and on either side sat Mr. Mills, Mr. Greenwood, and a number of city ministers, among them Dr. Geo. K. Morris, Dr. M. C. Lockwood, Dr. J. J. Francis, Rev. W. H. Warren, Rev. Frank Granstaff, Rev. A. M. Dawson, Rev. G. Fritz, Rev. J. C. Smith, Rev. D. McKinney, and others. The song service led by Mr. Greenwood began with "There shall be Showers of Blessings," followed by "Revive Thy Work," "I Know Whom I have Believed," " Seeking for Me," " Near the Cross," and " Labor On." Rev. W. H. Warren offered the opening prayer, Mr. Greenwood sang the solo, "Throw Out the Life- line." Dr. Geo. K. Morris, pastor of St. Paul M. E. Church, and chairman of the West District, made a brief and impressive introductory address. i8o Mills Meetings Mr, Mills then read the 1 26th Psalm, and made the announcements for the meetings of the United Central District. The great congregation, led by Mr. Green- wood and the choir, sang the hymn, " Even Me," after which Mr. Mills announced his text as follows: "Your very prayerful attention is invited to the gospel accord- ing to Luke, twenty-second chapter and forty-fourth verse. " We reproduce this sermon in full, as reported sten- ographically for "The Advance," of Chicago. At the close of this first service Mr. Mills held a conference with the ushers, at which he gave them instructions as to every detail of their work, the seat- ing of people, ventilation, order, distribution of tickets, and of inquirer's cards, etc. Not a single possible point was overlooked. AGONIZING PRAYER. BY REV. B. FAY MILLS. Text: And being in an agony, he prayed more earnestly. Luke xxii. 44. He had been praying. He never prayed when he did not pray earnestly, and yet we read that, "being in agony, he prayed more earnestly, and the sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground." This text has not been selected this evening with the design of giving an exposition of its entire meaning. It has been chosen for two reasons. In the first place, it refers to the Lord Jesus, who, regarding the manner of his prayer, might well say, as in other things, "I have given you an example." And, in the Memorial Volume. i8l second place, it refers to a certain kind of prayer that would put to shame a great deal of our indifferent and frivolous approach to God. This was the critical time in the history of Jesus Christ. It was the time when he felt more than at any other the world's sin, and when he felt like crying out to God with all the power and influence that was in him for the sake of the lost world. And yet Jesus Christ is not the only one of whom we read in the Bible who seemed to have prayed after this fashion. There was a man years ago who was called the "weeping prophet." That title was given to him as a mark of very high regard. I am not sure that we would be complimented to-day to be called weeping ministers. We are getting ashamed to cry in these days, and yet I do not know of anything that might be indicative of a nobler man than to be stirred to tears when the heart was moved by righteous emotion. This man Jeremiah well deserved his title. He said: "Oh, that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people." And God heard that prayer of Jeremiah. He received such a desire, and such an answer to his prayer, for we find written in the third chapter of his Lamentation : " Mine eye runneth down with rivers of water for the destruc- tion of the daughter of my people. Mine eye trickleth down, and ceaseth not, without any intermission, till the Lord look down and behold from the heaven. Mine eye affecteth mine heart, because of the daughters of my city." There were two men of whom we read in the Bible who seem to have prayed in an exact sympathy with the Lord Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane. One of 1 82 Mills Meetings these men was Moses. He had been on the mountain top communing with God, and he came down and heard the sound of revelry in the camp and found the people worshiping the golden idol. His first thought was to destroy the idol. Then he tested the people by virtue of a simple test, making those who were on the side of the Lord stand by him. His next thought was the punishment of those who had led the people into sin; but the underlying thought was the great question, Could there be forgiveness for this great sin ? Was God's mercy sufficient for them? Could he have com- passion upon them for whom he had done so much, and who seemed to prove so faithless. Was his mercy clean gone forever? He could not tell ; he said to the people: "Ye have sinned a great sin, and have made you gods of gold ; yet now I will go up unto the Lord for you, peradventure I shall make an atonement for your sin." So Moses returned unto the Lord, and said (and this is the prayer to which I refer): "Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made them gods of gold, yet now if Thou wilt forgive their sins," — and that sentence was never finished ; he could not finish it. The man stood there utterly speechless while the Spirit of God made intercession through him with groanings that could not be uttered ; and when there came back to him the power of utterance he cried out, "If not, blot me, I pray Thee, out of the book which Thou hast written." I do not know just exactly what Moses meant by that ; but oh, brethren, did you ever climb where you could even see where Moses stood when he asked that he might be blotted out of God's book, if only it might avail something for the forgive- ness of the people that he loved ? Memorial Volume. 183 The other man to whom I refer was the apostle Paul. He tells us concerning one of his prayers in the ninth chapter of Romans. He seemed afraid that the people would not believe what he said, and so he af- firmed almost with an oath that he was speaking the exact truth. He says: "I say the truth is Christ; I lie not. My conscience also bearing me vvitness in the Holy Ghost, that I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart." What a testimony for a man like Paul. "Great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart." "For," he says, "I could wish that my- self were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh. " I do not know just what Paul meant by that, but I do believe he meant something that in the depths of his self renunciation brought him into sympathy with the agonizing Saviour in the garden, and I believe he meant something that utterly puts to shame the weak-hearted indifference and frivolity that characterizes so many of our prayers to God. Paul said, " We know not what we should pray for as we ought." The emphasis there is on that word " as, " The revision has it, ' ' We know not how to pray as we ought. " " We do not know what we should pray for as we ought ; but the Spirit itself maketh interces- sion for us with groanings which can not be uttered." It was a woman who was kneelinof before the altar and her whole soul within her cried out, but not a word came from her lips. The high priest looked down up- on her and said, " How long wilt though be drunken? Put away thy wine from thee. " And the woman looked up and said : " No, my lord, T am a woman of a sorrow- ful spirit. I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but have poured out my soul before the Lord. Count not 1 84 Mills Meetings thine handmaid for a daughter of BeHal ; for out of the abundance of my complaint and grief have I spoken hitherto." She said, " I was praying for my child." It was no wonder, when the mother prayed in such fashion for her unborn child, that God should give to Hannah such a child as Samuel. James may have differed from Paul about some things, but he agreed with him about this, for he said that "the effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much." What did he mean by saying an "effectual prayer would be effectual?" The word " effectual " when it was thus rendered had a stronger meaning than it has to-day. It is the fervent, agon- izing prayer o f a righteous man that avails much, and the reason why some of our prayers have not availed, the reason why to-night there are here some Christian wives with Christless husbands, and godly fathers with godless children, is because we have no sympathy with the Lord Jesus Christ when he prayed in his agony in the Garden of Gethsemane. I do not believe that the effect on the body is of necessity a part of religion, and yet I can not see how men can be thrown into a fever of excitement on other subjects that interest their minds, and not be stirred to the very depths of their being, and feel that agony throughout their entire body, and bit- ter, burning tears fall down their cheeks as they think of their friends away from God. I do not understand all the reasons why prayer like this is powerful, but I do understand some of them, and I want to suggest to you five reasons why that sort of prayer is a prayer that is powerful with God in the salvation of men. Memorial Volume. 185 In the first place, it reveals the feeling of God, and unites Jesus Christ to his Church. This is the way- God thinks and feels about lost men. And if we are in perfect sympathy with him, we shall have a similar experience. Jesus Christ is known as the Saviour of the world. But Jesus Christ is saving the world to-day only as he is using human instrumentalities, and the world's Saviour is utterly helpless and powerless, save as he can use his body, the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ. In the conception of the prophet. He stands as "a mighty man that can not save." Without God the Church of Jesus Christ is utterly helpless, and the Lord might well say, "Without me ye can do nothing." Not something, not little things, but noth- ing, abolutely nothing. Let these two come together, and let them be united in the closest and holiest of all mystical bonds. Let Jesus Christ still live in His Church; let them be united as husband and wife, and the Church of God have in her the very spirit of the Lord Jesus Christ, and then it shall be that children shall be born unto God's Kingdom. And this suggests a second reason, which is this: that it is only thus that the Church can be prepared to be the mother of her children. Yes, of /z^r children. I never like to hear a man speak about the motherhood of God. The Scripture does not speak of the mother- hood of God. God's compassion is more tender than that of any mother ; but he is not our mother. God is our Father, with all the father's infinite strength, tenderness and self-sacrifice ; but the most helpful, the most necessary, the most intimate relation was to be sustained to the children of God by the Church of Jesus Christ. The Church of Jesus Christ, "the Jerusalem 1 86 Mills Meetings which is above, which is the bride, the Lamb's wife," is the mother of all, and the reason why some of God's children have died or fallen by the wayside, has been because they have been poor, motherless children. You have turned away from the house where the cold form of the mother was lying, and as you did so you heard the cry of the little one from the upper chamber, for whom that mother had given her life, and you have said, " Better that the child had died with the mother than to be left to the care of an unfriendly and indiffer- ent world;" but, O brother, I have seen babes in Christ, hungry and weak, come to the Church of God for encouragement, sustenance and help, and being un- heeded, and sometimes even repulsed, I have seen them sink down and die ; reminding me of nothing so much as of a little child lying on the ice-cold form of a dead mother, and tugging vainly at her unresponsive breast. Brother, in God's name hear me. I do not intend to invite the unsaved people in this community to accept Jesus Christ as their Saviour, I do not intend to try to get one sinful man to forsake his sins, unless it may be that the members of the Church of God shall be stirred in their soul to deep and tearful prayer. Unless there may be some adequate solicitude on the part of the people of God, I would not want to have it on my heart or conscience that I had aided in bringing children into God's Kingdom, only to be starved or frozen to death by the side of a frigid mother. I saw a man one night moved by such truth as this to the extent that he rose up in his seat and cried out: "Brethren, can this be true? Can it be that some of us would starve or freeze to death one of God's children?" "Oh, "he said, " I believe it is true ; Memorial Volume. 187 my heart has grown so cold ; " and the man sat down in the seat, sobbing in deep contrition, and the sight of his concern touched others, and they began to be awakened, and then it was that, when Zion was in travail, the children were normally born into God's world. The third reason is this : there is produced by this agency a very deep and natural effect upon those that are not yet Christians. I should like to whisper a word to-night, if it might be heard only by those who are members of the Church, but that would not be practic- able, and I will say it right out. Berthren, I do not wonder as some people do, why so few people join the Church. I wonder sometimes why so many people come into the Church of God. As a certain young man told his pastor who spoke to him about being a Christian : "Sir, I shall never join the Church. I do n't believe in your religion at all." And when the pastor said he had supposed the young man was almost a Christian, he said : "No, you may call me an atheist if you please; I don't believe in the Bible, and I don't believe any of you do. " The pastor said : "You would not say that about your own mother and sister, who are Christians." The young man answered: "Are my mother and sister Christians? " "Yes," was the reply, "they are among the best members of my church. I think everything of them." The young man said: " My mother would die on the cross for me in a minute, and my sister has made great sacrifices that I might be given an education, and would do anything that I might be famous. Do you think they believe they are going to be separated from me throughout eternity ? Neither one of them ever spoke a word to me about my soul ; 1 88 Mills Meetings I do n't know that they ever had any concern about it. My mother loves me, and my sister loves me, and I know they do. I do n't believe they believe the Bible. I don't believe you believe it, and I do n't be- lieve anybody believes it. I don't believe in God, and I never will be a Christian." I could not find it in my soul to blame him. I should think other people would feel that way. Breth- ren, what we want is a deep concern for lost friends which takes hold on the unconverted so that they can not resist it. I knew of one old brother, an old dea- con, Vv'ho felt much concerned for a neighbor of his who was a scoffer at religion, and he thought if he wanted to talk to him about his soul he would have to be posted on infidel arguments. So he got some trash and read it through, an dread some answers to infidels ; and he went to see his neighbor, and held out his hand ; but he forgot everything he had intended to say, and could not remember the first word ; could not even think how to commence the conversation. He just stood there in great embarrassment, wringing the man's hand until the tears began to come into his eyes, and finally he managed to gasp out, "I am greatly concerned about your soul." That was all he could say. He went home, and thought he had not made a success of his trip at all. This man went into the house, but he could not at- tend to his business, and he went around with such a look on his face that his wife asked him what the matter was, and he said, "I never have felt like this before in my life; what shall I do?" His wife said, "I should ad- vise you to go and see the deacon," and he followed the deacon to his house, and found the old man just Memorial Volume. 189 rising from his knees, where he had been praying earnestly for his neighbor. He said : " Deacon, do you know I have been thinking over what you said to me. I never had any one to say anything Hke that to me be- fore. It seems strange to me. I have been thinking over what you said, and I made up mind that if as good a man as you is concerned about my soul I ought to be concerned about my own soul." And hegave himself to God that very day. In the fourth place, a soul that is thus burdened always gains its desire. You could not come to have such a spirit as this, friends, by any human anxiety. It must be produced by the Spirit of God. There is a difference between anxiety and agony. I have heard people say they thought they might die if friends did not come to Christ. If you came to the place where the Spirit of God was so striving in you that you would die if you did not receive the desire of your heart, you would get the desire of your heart. I do not believe anybody but Jesus Christ will die of a broken heart to save my life from its sins. You may remember hearing of the legend of Jerusa- lem that tells of a woman whose husband was sick unto death, and she went to St. Peter in her sorrow and asked him to prolong her husband's life, and he said, "I will do it on condition that you will become a beggar." She said, " I do not need to ; I have money enough to support us." Peter said, "You must not beg for money, but for time. You go out and beg for time, and any persons you will find that will give you any time, you can add that to your husband, s life." And she went out and found one of the ten lepers that Christ had healed, and she asked him for a day of his 190 Mills Meetings life, and he said no, he had lost so much of it that he could not spare any. She found the young man that had been raised by Christ, and she asked him ; but he said he knew what it was to be dead once, and he didn't propose to die again until he was obliged to ; and she put the same question to men and women, asking for a day or an hour or a minute of their time to add to her husband's life, and she was coming back disconsolate to Peter when the thought came to her mind, "Why not give your own life? " And she came and asked Peter if she might give her own life for the life of her husband, and he said she might ; and he took from her one-half of her days and gave them to her husband, and hand in hand they went through this world until they came to the river of death, and went across it in the same minute. I do not think that story was true ; but would you give your life for your husband ; not simply to die, but just to give up your ungodliness, your worldliness, your fickleness, your frivolity ; the whole soul to be set on God for the sake of the lost soul, and be a godly woman with your whole life given up to God. I be- lieve God would save your husband before many hours had gone by if you had a spirit like thai,. I remember one woman who was married to a man not a Christian. He was a prominent banker in the community where he lived and a very proud man indeed ; a man of fifty- five or sixty years of age. She came to me one night and she said: "I can not tell you how troubled I am about my husband. We have been married twenty years, and I never felt like this. We have had a new house ready for occupancy for two weeks, but we have bought no furniture ; I will not let my husband buy it Memorial Volume. 191 lest it should turn his mind from spiritual things. I do not do anything but think about my husband and pray for him. I have been pleading with him, and I can do nothing." She said: "Last night I heard him groan, and he said, 'I am so troubled.' I said to him, 'Are you troubled about your soul ? ' And he said, * Yes, it is about those things.' I said, 'Will you not kneel down here with me while we settle the question, and give yourself to God?' He said, 'No, I don't want you to speak to me upon this subject again; don't mention the matter again until you have my permis- sion to do so.' " She said, " I can not live ; I can not live, unless my husband is saved now." I said, "Sister, if that is true, he is going to be saved now ; you can be assured of that." She said to him when the time came for evening service, "Come, dear, and go to meeting with me." He said " I am not going to meeting. Go if you want to, but I am not going to church. I am not going out of the house unless I come for you after the meet- ing." She kept on pleading with him, until finally he put down his paper and said, "I will go just this once." It seemed to me, as I saw him coming in, that the critical day in that man's history had come. It was a stormy night ; the audience was not a large one ; but we were gathered compactly in a small room, audit seemed to me that there were people there that wanted to pray for their friends, and I said, " If any one wants to pray for friends that they might be saved, they may do so, and we will all join in the petition." A man arose and prayed for his brother. I think a business man rose up and prayed for one of his employes. This lady was a 192 Mills Meetings member of a church where ladies were not in the habit of participating in the public meetings, but she kneeled down on her knees by the side of her proud husband and asked God to save him that night; and when I asked those who wanted to become Christians to stand up, his stubborn knees unbent and he rose up and said, "I want to be a Christian now," and he went home, and his wife said he prayed as though he had been a Christian for sixty years. In this same town one of the pastors had a son that had grown np to be twenty years of age, who was not a Christian, and the father's heart was deeply burdened about this son. One evening as he stood up before his people he said something about his son, and then broke down. He stood there weeping, and as he wept the power of motion seemed to go from him ; he could not speak. He tried several times, but utterance was taken away from him ; he could not move. The people be- gan to weep with him, and then when there came to him the power of motion he moved almost like a walk- ing corpse down the room towards the door where his son was sitting, three or four seats from the rear; and as the father came near to him, moved by the Spirit of God, the son, moved by the same Spirit, rose up and stepped into the aisle, and the father lifted up his arms, and the son came within their embrace and laid his head on his father's shoulder, and his hard heart melted within him and there he consecrated his life to God, "I believe," said the father, as he told me about that afterwards, "I believe I should have died that night if my son had not become a Christian." I believe he would. He was pretty nearly dead as he stood there with the touch of paralysis already upon him. Memorial Volume. 193 And in the last place it seems to me that this is no strange sort of experience. You say it is strange that any man should ever feel like this as he thinks about people that are without God. No, friends, that is not the strange thing; the strange thing is this, that you and I can believe what we do believe and kno\v what we know, and have no deep concern about our Christ- less friends. That is the strange thing. "And the last suggestion I have to make is this: that such an experience as this is only the natural re- sult of clear views of the condition of those who are without Christ. Michael Angelo used to shut himself up all night with the naked form of a corpse in order that he might be better able to portray in the marble how the dead body looked. I would to God you and I might get some conception of what it means for a soul to be lost, to be without God and without hope. Is it a strange thing that when the train came crashing through the bridge and some of the passengers were instantly killed, and some were held pinned by falling timbers, and some lay in the wreck that held them fast, and others were set free ; was it strange when college friends were separated for the last time one stretched out his hand to the other and said, "Good-by;" strange that the young man trembled as he turned away; strange that when the father handed out his watch and his pocket-book to his little son who was set free, and gave him a message for the mother and the other children at home, and said good-bye for the last time ; strange that the boy wept as he turned away ? And when there came a great fire in an Illinois town in a convent, and the people turned out by thousands on that bitter night and looked up at the flame-lighted 194 Mills Meetings windows, and saw some poor girls, shrinking from the fire cast themselves out and be dashed to death on the frozen ground ; and others, shrinking back from that fearful leap, were wrapped round and round by fiery arms that drew them into a last and fatal embrace ; as friend looked on friend, and parents upon children, and brothers on sisters ; was it strange that there was in- tense and sympathetic pity and bitter agony, and cries and groans ? No. That was not strange. But it is strange that you and I can know that our friends are without God, and never shed one tear as we think of their lost souls. The brothers of Benjamin said : ' ' How can we go up to our father ,and thelad be not with us ? " And shall you and I have no concern how we shall go up to our Father, and our loved one not be with us ? Esther cried out: " How can I endure to see the destruction of my kindred!" speaking only of the life that perishes in a few years ; and shall you and I have no concern as we think of the awful present, and the awful future of our friends without God and without hope ? May God for- bid, and may he give us better minds that we may know some of the Spirit of the Lord Jesus Christ, that there may come upon us the travail of the Son of God, and souls may be born unto Him. I must add another word to those that are not Christians. You may have been saying to yourselves : "This does not apply to me." This does apply to you. What the man said to the deacon was the pro- per thing to say: "Deacon, if you are concerned about my soul, I think I ought to be concerned about myself" Brother, if your wife ought to feel this way about you, if your brother ought to feel this way about ■J -" ^ I ^ ■ Memorial Volume. 195 you, and your Christian friend ought to feel this way, how ought you to feel about yourself? You ought to be concerned about your own soul. Oh, brother, you ought to be concerned about your own soul. Young man, young woman, O, Christless mother, you ought to be concerned about your soul ; you ought to be concerned about your soul. The same evening, February nth, services were held at the Central Christian Church by Rev. J. Wilbur Chapman, D. D., and Mr. Geo. C. Stebbins. Within ten minutes from the time of opening the doors the auditorium was filled, leaving but a few seats in the balcony unoccupied. Noticeable among the faces were many prominent in business circles. A platform added to the pulpit gave room for the large choir, who were promptly in their places. A preliminary song service was commenced by singing " There Shall be Showers of Blessing," led by Mr. Stebbins, whose rich voice has contributed so largely to the power of the words of hope and promise. The audience took up the song with spirit, " Praise Him, Praise Him," "God Calling Yet," " A Shelter in a Time of Storm." It would be difficult to imagine a fairer sight than the choir of earnest, loving faces singing the praises of the Master. It is often said that America has a stand, ing army in her young men. To this might be added, that Christ has a choir always ready in the host of young people who serve him gladly with much song. Occupying seats upon the platform were Dr. J. Z. Tyler, pastor Central Christian Church ; Rev. H. 196 Mills Meetings W. Gilchrist, First Presbyterian Church ; Dr. J. H. Walker, College Hill Presbyterian Church ; Dr. E. K. Bell, First English Lutheran Church ; Dr. E. S. Lewis, Trinity M. E. Church ; Rev. C. O. Shirey, Pilgrim Chapel ; and Rev. W. D. Holt, Ninth street Baptist Church. Dr. Chapman opened the service proper by an invo- cation, which was followed by singing, " Jesus, Saviour, Pilot Me," by choir and congregation. Rev. E. S. Lewis, D. D., made a short but impressive prayer. He said: " We thank Thee, Lord, for the blessed auspices under which we have come together. Come, Holy Spirit, like a dove ; inspire every song, bless our leader, and add power to his words. May many renounce their life of sin. May this be a time when our hearts are softened. May this be a time when we give ourselves to Jesus, this our first meeting." "Alas, and Did my Saviour Bleed ?" was im- pressively rendered by Mr. Stebbins and choir. After announcement of meetings to follow, Mr. Stebbins gave a beautiful rendition of the favorite hymn, "Throw Out the Life Line." Dr. Chapman, after a few words of earnest prayer, announced his text : "Is it well with thee? is it well with thy husband? is it well with thy child?" (H. King iv. 26). He de- scribed the happy home in Shunem, where the prophet loved to dwell ; happy because God's prophet honored it with his presence. He drew an impressive word pic- ture of that home, and the sadness that entered there when the little one was overcome by the sun and died in his mother's arms. He pictured her faith in the prophet, and the toilsome journey to him, and her ap- CKXTRAL COX(;rE(;aTI().\AI, CHrKCIl. Memorial Volume. 197 peal for his help. Her importunity conquered. Elisha went, and joy again entered that household. Use importunity with God ; keep calling, keep plead- ing as did the woman in the New Testament. She took no denial. Her importunity gave her the blessing. Dr. Chapman has a rare faculty for illustration, and illuminates his sermons with stories from life, that can not fail to reach the heart. "It is not well with you if your child is away from Christ. It is not well if you are away from Christ. It is not well if you surrender to temptation." Rev. Chapman closed his sermon with a touching and eloquent appeal to sinners to forsake their ways and enter the kingdom. He plead for concern for the salvation of men. " Get in the kingdom yourself first, and then save the boys and girls. Father leads the boys, mother the girls. Lift the little ones to Christ." With a short but very impressive prayer he pronounced the benediction. After singing "Even Me," the con- gregation was dismissed. All felt that it had been a season of great refreshing. MORNING MEETINGS, CENTRAL DISTRICT. Central Congregational Church. The first morning meeting in the Central District was held Friday morning, February 12, at ten o'clock, under Rev. B. Fay Mills. Although the morning was cold, the attendance was very large. Mr. Lawrence B. Greenwood sang selecticns and. led the singing. Mr. Mills preached one of his soul- searching sermons from the text: "They first gave 1 98 Mills Meetings their own selves." The sermon impressed itself upon the hearts of all who heard it, and was frequently re- ferred to in the after meetings. The occasion was of additional interest because of the fact that in the fall of 1848 Mr. Mills' father preach- ed the dedicatory sermon of the church building in which his son was that morning preaching. It was feelingly referred to by the speaker. No service was held in the Central Congregational Church on Monday morning, Feb. 15, on account of the ministers' conference in the First Presbyterian Church. On Tuesday morning Mr. Mills conducted the serv- ice with an increasing attendance. Another powerful and persuasive sermon on the theme, "Compel them to come in," was preached by the evangelist, an idea of which may be had from the following headings : By a "blameless life," by "Christian joy," by "believing prayer," by " great self sacrifice," at the "righttime," by "persistence," by "promptness." Many rose for prayer, and it was a blessed occasion, in which workers felt better instructed in the work of rescuing the perishing than ever before. Wednesday, February 17th, was the all-day prayer meeting, and prayers were offered from 9 to lO A. m., in the lecture room of the church, followed by the preaching service in the upper room, conducted by Dr. Chapman. The house was filled to overflowing; chairs were carried in to accommodate the congregation. Dr. Chapman preached an eloquent sermon from the theme, "The Five Crowns." (See Mt. Auburn District.) Memorial Volume. 199 On Thursday, February i8th, the services began by singing, led by Mr. Greenwood, after which Rev. B. Fay Mills read the morning lesson from the last chapter of Hosea, with a beautiful and instructive running comment on the prayer contained therein. After the notices, Mr. Lawrence B. Greenwood sang the solo " My Saviour." Rev. B. Fay Mills then preached the sermon, taking for his theme, " Things that Accompany Salva- tion." While it would be impossible to tell all the things that accompany salvation in a half hour's time, yet the following were dwelt on and clearly proven : First, the knowledge of it ; second. Christian joy ; third, growth ; and fourth, right influence over others. An exhortation followed the sermon, a large number signifying a desire to possess these things in greater abundance. On Friday, February 19th, the closing service in the Central Congregational Church was held under the direction of Dr. Chapman, assisted in the singing by Mr. Geo. C. Stebbins. The ninety-first Psalm was read, and the topic of the discourse was "The Secret Place of the Most High." The blessing of restfulness in the shadow of His wing, an abiding place and home for the trusting one where he could confidentially explain everything to the Lord, was forcibly and ten- derly brought forth, and the hearers were called on to step aside often into this secret place, for it was the one place where Satan could not follow. The meeting closed with the feeling universally expressed that there had been a season of great bless- ing at the Central Congregational Church. 200 Mills Meetings THE WOMEN'S PRAYER MEETINGS. In Connection with the Mills Meetings — Ninth Street Baptist Church. These meetings,* held each afternoon, lasting forty- minutes, have been blessed to those who heard and to those for whom these earnest pleadings went up to God. The first one was led by Mrs. Mary L. Wells, "Prayer for the Holy Spirit" (Luke xi. 13) to descend upon the Christian. What fervent peti- tions were offered for the outpouring of His Spirit, that believers might have greater powers to win those who do not believe to the joy of service and the peace of knowing Jesus Christ. "Prayer for our Young People " ( Mark ix. 14- 27). Mrs. J. J. Justis led this meeting. Through the channel of this thought ran the earnest plea for the young to become followers of Christ before sin sets the seal. A marked feature of that meeting was that parents and guardians might be watchful of their words and influence, and by daily living in the things of the Spirit win them in their tender years to the sheltering fold. Faith in God to hear and answer moved the hearts of the women to believe the young people will become the children of God. Mrs. W. H. Warren took for her theme, " Prayer for the spirit of willingness to work for Christ " as found in Acts ix. 6. Willing for any service — to go anywhere — to be any- thing, that the Lord Jesus might be honored, and men learn of and follow Him. Prayers and testimonies told how many willing hearts were ready for God's serv- ice— willing in the day of His power. This meeting ■■■■ Similar meeting's were held in each of the districts. Memorial Volume. 201 followed that great sermon of Mr. Mills, on "The En- duementof the Holy Ghost," which aroused in so many- lives the desire for purer living, holier attainments, and to "receive the power from on high." Prayer for the " almost persuaded " (Acts xxvi.28), by Mrs. H. B. Belmer. Prayers were asked for fathers, mothers, husbands, wives, sisters, brothers, friends, who are " almost per- suaded " to give their hearts to Christ, and yet are waiting for a "more convenient season." " Almost but lost " has been ringing in ears and resting on hearts for the multitudes who are " almost persuaded" to " step over the line," for the heart is not satisfied with the " apples of Sodom." For more than the world can give, it pleads ; It has infinite wants, and infinite needs, And its every beat is a terrible cry For love, which never can change, nor die. Mrs. G. R. Robbins led hearts to ' ' pray that the indif- ferent might be awakened " as recorded in Acts xviii. 17. How the volume of prayer arose for this class who say, " A little more sleep," " while it is called to-day," for those who do not think of Christ and eternity. And in answer to these prayers for all classes and conditions named, many souls have come to know, be- lieve, and accept the Saviour of the world. The women's prayer meetings have been one of the factors in the success of the Mills' meetings to "turn the sin- ner from his way." On many hearts has the Holy Spirit descended to give power. The young have crowded into the kingdom, and scores of lives spent in shadows have found the light. These services have induced a willingness to do for Him. "He went about 202 Mills Meetings doing good." Very many from the ranks of the "alarmists " have found the peace that human lips can never tell, and many hitherto indifferent are saved. To the greater work these holy men of God are doing under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, these prayer meetings have been helpful adjuncts. The divine help implored has been given to those Avho asked and unto all who would receive. ' ' Be not weary in well doing, for in due season ye shall reap, if ye faint not." THE SUNDAY SCHOOL CONFERENCE. Saturday, February 13TH, 8 p. m. The several conferences of Sunday-school workers held during the Mills Meetings are considered as among the most important and valuable held during the revival. Indeed, Mr. Mills has publicly stated in the announcements that it would be in the nature of a calamity for Sunday-school teachers to be absent from these meetings. And this opinion has been echoed by all who have had the pleasure of attending them. Conferences were held in Walnut Hills, Mt. Au- burn, Covington, and at the Y. M. C. A. They have all been similar, and a full report of the meeting at the Y. M. C. A. will be typical of the others. The auditorium of the new building was filled to its utmost capacity, by pastors, superintendents and teachers, representing all the churches in the Central District. It would be difficult to bring together a brighter and more intelligent group of people than those who were there as workers for the Master. V. M. C. A. Hril.DIXC, Memorial Volume. 203 Faces were beaming with the light of consecration, eager to learn the best methods of bringing those un- der their charge to the feet of Christ. The platform was occupied by pastors, among whom were noted : Rev. W. H. Warren, Rev. G. R. Robbins, Rev. M. C. Lockwood, Rev. J. F. Patton, Rev. C. O. Shirley, Rev. Jos. Emery, Rev. H. W. Gil- christ, Rev. W. T. Bowling, Rev. W. D. Holt, Rev. J. Z. Tyler, D. D., Rev. J. W. Simpson, D. D., Rev. E. S. Lewis, D. D., Rev. G. K. Morris, Rev. H. J. Stew- ard, D. D., Rev. F. Granstaff, and many others. Super- intendents of many of the Sunday-schools were also upon the platform. Mr. Lawrence B. Greenwood led in the singing of favorite songs, "Saviour, Thy Dying Love," " In the Cross of Christ I Glory," "Rescue the Perishing." The teachers joined heartily in the singing, and be- fore Mr. Mills had offered an earnest prayer for guid- ance, all felt that the hour would be one of great bene- fit to those who were present. Mr. Mills stepped to the front of the platform, and spoke to the teachers. B. Fay Mills has delivered many eloquent sermons, and several practical talks, but in these conferences there has been a peculiar influence that is difficult to describe. His manner of delivery has been marked for its sim- plicity; indeed, the absence of formality, or even a definite form of address, has been noted by all who heard him ; but no meetings have left such a deep im- pression as to the sincerity of the man, and his strong faith in the power of the Spirit of God to so influence a meeting that souls will be won for Christ. 264 Mills Meetings He spoke as follows : " We have just one thing to consider to-night, and that is how we can make the best use of an hour in the Sunday-schools to-morrow. Please do not ask any questions, or make any suggestions, about Sunday- school work in general. Let us have in mind just this one thing to-night. "I merely want to tell you of some of the things that I have seen done by the Holy Spirit in other places, and I trust that the Holy Ghost will do as much here. " If you had planned anything especial for the Sun- day-school, in the v/ay of any regular lesson, or any missionary work, or appeal, or anything of that sort, lay it aside. I should not have a collection, nor rattling of books, nor Sunday-school lesson. Come right to the one point, to the one thing of seeing if you can not lead the Christians to consecration, and the unsaved scholars to Christ. ' ' I remember one Sunday-school where every scholar in the school came to Christ. It was a church of about seven hundred members — a large church, and a large Sunday-school. The superintendent was aware that there were many scholars in the Sunday-school who were unsaved, and he prayed for them one night — he prayed for them all night, until three o'clock next morning. And when he came to church he did not seem like the same man as usual ; when he came this morning he was in tears. And when he arose and confessed his indifference and unbelief in the past, and asked the forgiveness of the scholars, one of the teach- ers rose up and said she did not think it was the fault of the superintendent that the scholars didn't come to Memorial Volume. 205 Christ ; that with her class it was her fault that she had not converted and led them to Christ, and she asked them to forgive her and come now ; and other teachers had confessions to make, and scholars arose and said, ' Pray for me;' and when the school was closed every unsaved scholar had made a decision for Christ. " In another school they laid aside all their exer- cises, and had a sort of testimony meeting, or rather entreaty meeting. The pastor told what a desire he had had for them to come to Christ, the teachers told them of their desire for them to come to Christ, and the scholars began to come. Sixty-five of them joined the church in two weeks, I speak of this incident be- cause I saw that pastor a few years afterward, and Is said, ' How are the scholars that were converted at that meeting?' and he said all of them were leading consistent Christian lives. " In another school each teacher was requested to ask the scholars three questions: First, — Are you a Christian? If so, will you try to lead others to Christ? Second, — If you are not a Christian, will you decide to be one? And third, — If you are not prepared to make this decision, have you any concern for your soul, and would you be glad to have prayer offered for you? Even in this formal fashion they won about sixty scholars that day. I was going along the street in that place a day or two afterward, and a man came to me, and I said, ' Are you a Christian ?' He said, ' I have not been, but I am going to be. ' He went on and stated that he went to Sunday-school with the children when it stormed, and sat in a class of men. He said that the teacher was always earnest, but last Sunday he did n't know what had gotten into him. He turned around 2o6 Mills Meetings the first thing, and said, 'Mr. S., are you a Christian?' I said, 'No.' He said, ' Do you want to be ?' ' Mr. Mills, I have lived forty-two years in a Christian land, and that is the first time a person ever asked me if I wanted to be a Christian, and it impresses me tremendously, and I should like to be ; if I can, I will be. ' I said, ' You can if you will.' He said, 'I am going to try,' and he is now one of the leading men in that church. When he had been in the church for six months — this church is one of the wealthy churches of the United States, but not for that reason the most spiritual — they said, 'This brother is the most earnest man in the church.' "He and some others organized little bands, and went out into the little hamlets, cross-roads, and vil- lages, holding special meetings, and as a result there were several hundred joined the churches. "A gentleman came to me and said : ' When I went into the Sunday-school yesterday I was a little late, and the superintendent was saying that, instead of teaching the lesson, the teachers would try to bring their scholars to Christ ; and I looked over at my class, and I thought they were all better Christians than I, and I could not speak to them.' If they are all Christians in your class, plan to reach certain individuals, whom they will agree to speak to within certain hours if possible. But this man thought they were all Christians, and he would not speak to them. However, there was one young lady, about twenty-five years old, that he was not sure about, who had lately joined his class, and he asked her if she did n't want to be a Christian, and in five minutes she had come to Christ. Then she said, * Why do n't you speak to Annie ?' He said, ' Annie is a Christian. ' She said, 'No, she is not.' So he went and spoke to Memorial Volume. 207 Annie, and she said, ' I have been praying for a year that you might speak to me about this matter.' Just think of it ! I wonder if your scholars have ever said that about you. "This is not the culmination, it is the beginning of the Sunday-school teacher's work. I might give you many other examples of this character, but in the time I have would utterly fail to tell you what God has done in this way. I never knew of teachers going right into this work with their whole heart, and trusting in God, but that they conquered. They never failed. "Sometimes there are teachers who are not right themselves. Well, if that were the case, you]^had better get right now. "I once knew a prominent banker who taught a class in a Sunday-school, and they all left him. One day he rose and said : * I have been very worldly, and have not attended to my work for Christ. Pray for me. Well, we did pray for him, and all his young men came back and were converted within three weeks — fourteen of them, I think. "In another case, a superintendent said to a lady teacher, whose scholars were unconverted, * Why are your scholars unsaved ? ' She said, ' I do n't know.' He said, ' Do you ever try to lead them to Christ ? ' She re- plied, ' I never have done that.' They knelt down to- gether and prayed. She prayed, ' God help me,' and the tears began pouring down on the sofa where they were kneeling. They arose, and she went to the scholars, and one by one they came running into the Kingdom of God. " In a young man's class there were four members of church, and one back-slider, and four unconverted 2o8 Mills Meetings young men. He got them to his house by half past eight, Sunday morning, and when he had read a few- verses in the Bible, he said : ' I want to consecrate my- self to Christ.' He read the hymn, ' Take my life, and let it be consecrated. Lord, to Thee,' and said: ' If you mean that, offer a sentence of prayer ;' and God saved them there on their knees. "Some may get the idea that we are going to omit Sunday-school because of the Young People's Meeting. Get up early, and go and tell them that you are going to have an especially important time at Sun- day-school, and they must be sure to come. • ' A man once said to me, ' You will have to teach my class.' I said, 'I won't do it.' He said, 'I will have the pastor teach it then.' I told him, 'No, sir, I won't let him.' He said he couldn't teach it, and I asked him why. He replied, ' It is a class of business men, and they know that I am not right' 'Well,' I said, ' why do they go to Sunday-school ? ' He re- plied, ' I don't know.' These men came to the class — twenty-two of them were not Christians — and they would discuss whatever they liked of theological con- troversy. They had some very warm times, but they never had any of the Spirit of God about the whole matter. I said to him, ' My friend,' — he was a druggist, by the way — ' I can give you a prescription that will make you so eager to teach that class that you would not let any one else do it.' He said, ' If you give it to me, I will take it. ' I told him, ' Go home and pray, and ask God to show you, help you and uphold you in the light of the judgment.' On Sunday he told those men that he had not been right, and he asked them to for- give him, and he got all those godless men down on Memorial Volume. 209 their knees, every one, and then he let them go. That night the mayor rose up and said, ' I will be a Chris- tian,' and the other men came, and out of those that rose up to confess Christ, twelve of the principal men of that city, that had been in that Sunday school class, were brought to Christ. "Another man came to me and said, 'Do you think I can ask those men to come to Christ ?' I said, 'Well, I don't see how you can help doing it.' And he went to his class and got three of those men to come to Christ. "You may hesitate about this, but if you are wrong, get right ! get right ! Get right to-night. A gentleman who was not a member of the church came to a meeting like this, and, before the service was done, he said, 'God save me,' and God heard him. The next day he said, * Boys, I have come to Christ, and I want you to come too,' and they came. "Your scholars know if you have been worldly, and have been doing inconsistent things. And if your heart is right with God, it is time for you to commence with earnest pleading for them to come to Christ. " He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing pre- cious seed, shall doubtless come again rejoicing, bring- ing his hearers with him. But some may say, ' Yes, I understand this ; I will touch these keys, and work the machinery, and that will save them.' Machinery never saved any one ! It is the one that comes hesi- tatingly, and yet just moved on by the mighty, tender Spirit of God, that is going to see the great harvest. Bring them in ! Bring them in ! "Will you ask any questions, or make any sugges- tions that may occur to you — any pastors or teach- aio Mills Meetings ers ? It may be that I can say something that may help you. Please don't ask any questions after the service; ask them now, — speak right out freely. May be some of you would like to ask a question about the little children. I would do with them just what Christ commanded. He said, 'Suffer little children to come unto me, and forbid them not.' " He said a man would have to come like a little child in order to get into the Kingdom, but not that a child must become like a man. I should never tell them any pitiful stories about Christ, and then tell them if they believed that to stand up, and say now you are saved. I have watched little children. We have five little children in our home, four over six years of age, and none of these have certainly come to be, I might say, two or three years of age, but they knew what Christ wanted of them. I would say, 'Thornton, don't do that.' He would say, 'I want to do it. ' I would say, ' Does Jesus want you to do it ? ' and he would say, ' No. ' "It takes years of living in a deceitful and unclean world to come to think black is white and white is black. It is easy to lead children to do what Jesus wants them to do." Dr. Simpson: "I think we are all feeling to-night that there ought to be same special departure to-mor- row. Just how would you conduct a school to-morrow morning?" (To Mr. Mills.) Mr. Mills: "Well, I have given three or four illustrations of what superintendents did, and teachers did. I should give opportunity for the teachers to talk to the scholars, with a definite announcement that they were going to talk of nothing but their coming to Memorial Volume. 211 Christ. I should spend a great deal of time with God, and come into the school and say, ' O God, I am not going to speak unless you speak through me,' and then I would not say much, and would not try to get some one to do it for me. If you could get Mr. Moody to come and do it for you, it would not be best. There are things that a parent can do that no one else can do, and there are things a Sunday-school teacher can do that no one else can do. "I would lay aside all ordinary routine. I would have some short prayers for just one thing — for the un- converted of the Sunday-school, and don't let any one pray more than thirty seconds. "As soon as the first individual came in the door, I would have some one at the piano or organ sing. I would sing such songs as 'Just as I am, without one plea;' — be careful about your hymns. ' Almost per- suaded ; ' 'Pass me not, O gentle Saviour,' that is a great song, and ' I am coming. Lord, coming now to Thee. ' These three hymns — ' Almost persuaded, ' ' Pass me not, O gentle Saviour,' and ' Just as I am,' in my opinion, win more souls to Christ than all the rest put together. " In one Sunday-school I know, they sang just two verses of 'Just as I am,' very softly, and the people joined in as they came in, and the Spirit of God began to work in their hearts, and just as soon as it was fin- ished the superintendent said, " Let us pray," and sev- eral men prayed. And when they were done, they sang another verse — I think it was 'Pass me not,' or something like that — and then he said. Won't you come to Christ? won't you come?' — that was all, just a few words. And after the teachers had plead with them 212 Mills Meetings fifteen minutes, he said, ' I wish those of you who are going to become Christians would come and give me your hand,' and he explained to them just what it was to be a Christian ; and I believe one hundred and thirty- seven came to Christ. "I would use these cards; they read, 'I desire henceforth to lead a Christian life.' You can get them here ; you will find them right on this table at the close of the service. "There is another thing. I think some of you, perhaps, would like to have a conference with your Sunday-school teachers and officers, or to arrange for one to-morrow, or it may be some of you would like to do both, — arrange to see how many of them there are here, and arrange to have a conference to-morrow night. "Well, I would do these things different every time if I were to do them ten times. It would depend upon the class, and upon me just at the time. If I had a class, and none of them were converted, I should talk to the one nearest converted at the time, and talk to them all, and tell them we had been looking for this time for them to come to Christ, and ask them to come. What you want is not to make explanations. Perhaps you might break down and cry, and then get them. "A baptism of tenderness is the first thing. I remember one Sunday-school where they tried their best, so they thought, and it seemed that they would fail, and their hearts were breaking, but they knew that the Holy Ghost was striving with some. A gentleman was there — he was a stranger; he was filled with the Holy Ghost, and was an earnest CbiistJan worker, and Memorial Volume. 213 they asked him if he had a word to say. If he had made a speech, it would have been the worst thing he could have done. He said to the preacher, ' Would you like to see these souls come to Christ ?' The tears came in the pastor's eyes, and he said, ' Yes, I would.' He said to the superintendent, ' Would you like to see these souls come to Christ?' and he said, ' If any of you teachers or scholars feel this way, come and kneel down,' and they came and knelt down, and then the unsaved scholars came weeping and crying for God to save them, and I think there were some of the finest young men of that town came to Christ that hour. "A matter of immediate decision. Will you do it? Will you settle it now ? Come now, now, now. Now is the accepted time. Just keep right on that one point. "A pastor wrote me: ' I talked to them, and they to their scholars, and then I said, "This is the time (or gathering in the sheaves we have gone forth weeping. And I said: "Miss Lizzie, how many are you bring- ing? " and she said, " Six, " and I said, " Will you stand up?" and they stood up. I said, " Pray for them," and with her arms around two of them she prayed for them. Then I turned to another, and said, ' ' Brother So-and-so, how many are you bringing? " and they stood up and he prayed for them.' "Now, friends, I trust that this will be a night of prayer. Let us spend a few moments in solemn prayer, each one of us just asking the Holy Ghost for our- selves." Prayer by Mr. Mills. The teachers of the separate schools then gathered for prayer and conference in various portions of the Y. M. C. A. Building. 214 Mills Meetings This Memorial Volume would not be'complete with- out sketches of the lives of the noble men who assisted Rev. B. Fay Mills and Mr. Greenwood from February 1st to 2ist, and made it possible to carry on the great work at the same time in several districts, widely sep- arated. Dr. J. Wilbur Chapman endeared himself to all who heard him, and the cordial relations with Rev. B.JFay Mills demonstrated the fact that these two great men, while differing in their manner and method, ministers of God have but one central thought, the salvation of men. Dr. Chapman's work here was highly appreciated. His eloquence touched his hearers, his love of men drew men to him, and his work will live in the hearts of all who listened to his powerful sermons. At the almost universal request of all who were interested, we include in this volume his address on Minister's day. Mr. Geo. C. Stebbins, his leader of the song service, is almost too well known as a writer and singer to need further introduction. Those who heard him will always cherish the echoes of the melody of the songs he so tenderly ren- dered. His voice and pen have been for many years consecrated to the service of our Kingly Master, Jesus Christ. J. WILBUR CHAPMAN. Memorial Volume. 215 REV. J. WILBUR CHAPMAN, D. D. PASTOR OF BETHANY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, PHILADEL- PHIA, PA. Who Assisted Mr. Mills in Cincinnati, February i to 21. Rev. J. Wilbur Chapman, D. D., was born in Richmond, Indiana, in 1859, and is therefore some- thing past thirty-two years of age. He pursued his collegiate studies at Oberlin College, and at Lake Forest University. At the latter place he first met Mr. Mills in 1878, and since that time these two men have been united in the closest ties of brotherly inti- macy. In 1879 Mr. Chapman entered Lane Theologi- cal Seminary, in Cincinnati, from which he was gradu- ated in 1882, less than ten years ago. The professors in this institution still take a very deep interest in their pupil, and view with the heartiest gratitude his effec- tive service for Christ. While in the Seminary he supplied the churches of Liberty, Indiana, and College Corner, Ohio, with a success that gave some token of the power that was to accompany his future ministry for Christ. In 1882, Mr. Mills, who was located in the East, induced him to accept a call from the Reformed Dutch Church of Schuylerville, New York. He remained in this parish for two years, where he had the great delight of seeing many scores of people brought to Christ, in- cluding some of the most influential men of the com- munity. While at Schuylerville he received a hearty call to become the successor of Dr. Rufus Clarke, as pastor of the First Reformed (Dutch) Church of Albany, the 2i6 Mills Meetings first church in that city, and the second church in age in the entire state. In this historic and conservative church he labored for five years with the greatest measure of success, preaching to audiences which crowded the largest church building in Albany, and welcoming hundreds into the fellowship of the church. While at Albany he was forced to turn a deaf ear to many pressing invitations from some of the largest and most inviting fields in the United States. But finally, in 1890, he was induced to accept a call to be come the pastor of the great Bethany Presbyterian Church, in Philadelphia. This church has a membership of about three thou- sand, of which nearly one thousand have been wel- comed into fellowship by Dr. Chapman during his brief pastorate there. The Sunday-school is one of the largest and best arranged in the United States, there being an attendance of more than three thousand scholars, having for its superintendent the Hon, John Wanamaker, at present postmaster -general of the United States, whose Bible class of men numbers eight hundred. The church is equipped with entertainment rooms for men and young men and boys, with a free dispensary, at which six hundred cases a month are treated by the best physicians in the city; with a savings bank which is self-supporting and remunerative, and with many other appliances for the forwarding of its great work. The pressure upon Dr. Chapman to engage in evan- gelistic work is very great, and there are those who prophesy that before many years he will be forced to join his friend, Mr. Mills, in a wider field of activity than can be offered by any local church. Memorial Volume, 217 In 1890 Dr. Chapman received the degree of Doc- tor of Divinity, from Washington College, Tennessee, when only thirty years of age. Dr. Chapman was married in 1883 to Miss Irene Steddom, of Cincinnati, who died during the early months of his pastorate in Albany, leaving him one child — a beautiful little girl. Another child died in its early infancy. In 1889 he was married to Miss Agnes Pruyn Strain, daughter of Robert Strain, Esq., of Albany, by whom he has one child, a little boy a few months old, who is named J. Wilbur, Jr. Dr. Chapman has assisted Mr. Mills in his work at Providence, R. I., and Philadelphia, and in Newark and Jersey City, N. J., with the greatest measure of success and acceptance with the people. When it became apparent last Fall that the work planned in Cincinnati was to be on such an extensive scale, Mr. Mills suggested to the Executive Committee that he should secure, if possible, the assistance of Dr. Chapman for part of the time. To this the committee cordially assented, and the Christian people of this city are grateful to Bethany Church, Philadelphia, for sending their beloved pastor to aid in the work here during the first three weeks of February. (See pages 17 and 21). From the first day of his appearance in Cincinnati, Dr. Chapman won the hearts of the ministers and people, by his lovable spirit, his un- affected simplicity and earnestness of manner, and by the manifest power of the Holy Spirit accompanying his preaching ; and during the three weeks, in which he preached two and three times each day, thousands of eager listeners thronged the largest churches in Mt. Auburn, Covington, and the great central districts of 2i8 Mills Meetings the city, drinking in the glorious messages of a pure gospel, as they fell from his lips. He will always be held in loving remembrance here, by the multitudes whom he helped to a higher plane of Christian living, and especially by the hundreds who were led by him to give their hearts to Christ. Dr. Chapman's work throughout his ministry has been chiefly among men, with whom he has been most successful. His congregations are made up of more men than women. And of the hundreds whom he has received into the church, there have been more men than women. Dr. Chapman was assisted in the great meetings conducted by him by the widely known and effective Gospel singer, Mr. George C. Stebbins, j. j. f. GEORGE C. STEBBINS, EVANGELISTIC SINGER AND MUSICAL AUTHOR. Who Assisted Dr. J Wilbur Chapman in Conducting THE Song Service George C. Stebbins, who accompanies Dr. Chapman as conductor of song service, is well known in the evangelistic work. He was born in Western New York, near Rochester, in 1846. In 1869 he went to Chicago, where he had charge of the choir of the First Baptist Church. Here he became acquainted with Messrs. Moody and Sankey Bliss and Whittle, the noted evangelists. In 1874 he went to Boston to take care of the singing in the Baptist Church under the pastorate of Rev. A. J Gordon. While in Boston he also conducted the singing at the Tremont Temple. GEO. C. STEBBINS. Memorial Volume. 219 In the Summer of 1876, while visiting Mr. Moody at his home in Northfield, Mass., he was induced by- Mr. Moody to enter the evangelistic work. His first work in this field was the organization of a choir of eight hundred voices for the great meetings of Moody and Sankey. In the spring of 1877 he joined Dr. Pentacost. who gave up his church in Boston to take up evangelistic work. From that time until one year ago he has been almost continually associated wjth Dr. Pentacost, going twice to Scotland and England to assist Moody and Sankey. For three years of this time he assisted Mr. Moody directly, making two trips to the Pacific coast. A year ago last October, Mr. Stebbins, accompa- nied by his family, joined Dr. Pentacost to assist him in a mission to India. Mr. Stebbins has been greatly assisted in his work by his wife, who possesses a rich contralto voice, and is thoroughly in sympathy with him. His son, G. Waring Stebbins, now twenty- two years of age, also possesses musical talent of a high order, which is being cultivated under the care of his father. In this trip through India the family sang to- gether. With Dr. Pentacost they visited North, Central and South India, and came in contact with a large number of missionaries, assisting them and giving song services in the principal cities to large European and native congregations. He came away impressed with the fact that although a great work is being done, it is limited by the absence of men and means On their return from India they visited the princi- pal cities of Egypt and Palestine, and sang the Gospel 220 Mills Meetings of Jesus Christ in cities sacred to the Christian for the merrfories of the presence of the Master. On their way across the continent they gave services of song in Naples, Rome, Paris, London, and other cities. Mr. Stebbins is one of the joint authors witli Messrs. Sankey and McGranahan of Gospel Hymns Nos. 3, 4, 5, and 6, and is the author of some of the most popular hymns in these collections. His hymns are of a high order. Among the ear- lier songs written by Mr. Stebbins that have become popular are "There is a Green Hill Far Away," " Must I go Empty Handed, " " I've Found a Friend, " "Even- ing Prayer," "Gather Them In, for there Yet is Room." Of those of later date: "Jesus is Tenderly Calling," the words of which were written by Fanny Crosby, the blind poetess, whose tender verses have touched to spiritual light many who were blind in sin. The words of "In the Secret of His Presence,' which Mr. Stebbins sings as a solo, were written by a con- verted Brahmin lady of high caste. With the permission of Mr. Stebbins, we publish the words and music of one of his favorite songs, " I Shall Be Satisfied." c. b. m. MINISTERS' DAY. Hkld at the; First Pre;sbyterian Church on Fourth Street, February 15, 1892, at 10 a. m. No service in this great revival was more highly appreciated than that held at the First Presbyterian Church, Rev. Hugh W. Gilchrist, pastor, Monday, lO a. m., February 15, 1892. Memorial Volume. 221 It was the day set apart as Ministers' Day, and invi- tations had been sent to pastors for miles around the center of the work, to which many responded. There were present pastors representing nearly every church cooperating in this movement, and many visitors from churches at a distance. The object of the meeting, as stated by Rev. B. Fay Mills, was to discuss the question of a "Soul-Winning Church." The services were opened by singing "Showers of Blessings" and several other songs. Mr. Mills re- quested a few minutes of silent prayer, which was followed by brief prayers by the pastors present. After a song by Mr. Greenwood, Dr. J. Wilbur Chapman then addressed the congregation, as follows : He said : My first experience as a pastor was in a church at Schuylersville, ten years ago. Here the church was blessed by large additions. From there I went to Albany, where I assumed the pastorate of the oldest church in the city, the First Reformed Dutch Church. This church became a soul-winning church, after considerable effort. He then spoke of the church in Philadelphia, which has often been called Wana- maker's Church. Thirty-four years ago to-day, John Wanamaker, then but a boy, conceived the idea that the street in front and at the side of the church presided over by Dr. Chambers needed a new pavement. He solicited the brick and assisted in laying the pavement. Dr. Chambers was absent at the time, but on his return he was much pleased by the kindness. Seeing young Wanamaker on the other side of the street, where he had been waiting to see what Dr. Chambers would do, he asked him who had done it, 222 Mills Meetings John Wanamaker told him. Dr. Chambers thanked him so kindly that he felt, if a little act of this kind brought so much good will, that to do good to others should be the rule of his life, and he has surely lived up to it. The first Sunday-school was started in a shoe-mak- er's shop, and was presided over by Mr. Wanamaker, and had twenty-seven scholars and nine teachers. They soon removed to larger quarters, which were soon out- grown. The present Sunday-school building was then built, which has now a membership of over three thou- sand, and an attendance averaging two thousand nine hundred. The Sunday-school had an attendance of two thousand nine hundred and four the Sunday before he left Philadelphia to assist in this movement. He spoke glowingly of the character of John Wanamaker and his devotion to the work in the church, and then spoke of the wonderful system that has rendered it pos- sible to know every member absent or present at every service of his Sunday-school class of over eight hun- dred. The rapid growth of the Sunday-school made it necessary to establish a church. The membership at first was small, but to-day is the second largest in the United States, having twenty-five hundred commu- nicants. The church building stands next to the Sun- day-school, the value of property being more than two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. In order to keep the church list revised to date they use tokens, consisting of a card with the name, address and any changes that may have occurred since the last communion. They have six communion services each year, and revise the church list after each service. Memorial Volume. 223 These tokens are taken up at the service, and upon them they depend for their record. Sometimes Wanamaker requests the pastor to di- vide the Sunday-school into different groups, Dr. Chap- man preaching to the men, while Mr. Wanamaker preaches to the women. This church is a seven-day church. There is some service every day in the week, and some one there to look after those who are inquiring. If you should come there at twelve o'clock at night you would find some one there to see you, and ready to talk about your soul's salvation. All sides of human nature are taken into consideration, and every effort made to provide for all needs. A dispensary, which sometimes treats six hundred sick a month ; a day nursery, where mothers can leave their children under the care of loving Christian women ; a diet kitchen, from which one hundred kettles of soup are sent daily; a women's bureau, which provides clothes and shoes for the destitute ; an industrial school, which fits the children for any work in life — anything and everything to touch, win and hold the people who come. When this church was started, the neighborhood was one of the most wicked in the city. Now homes have grown up around it, and it has become a pleasant place to dwell. It is a church of workers — evangelistic workers, workers interested in the souls of men, and its influence js felt in all parts of the city. There are only a few wealthy people in the church, yet it gives, and gives liberally. Only a few weeks ago five thousand dollars was raised in a few hours for a specific purpose. They 224 Mills Meetings give as a means of grace, and grow in grace by giving. There is a society called the Brotherhood of Andrew and Philip, consisting of two hundred and fifty men selected for their high standard of Christian living. These are divided into bands often, under a leader who has care over them, and reports from time to time to the pastor. These men pray, first for themselves fifteen minutes at each service, then for the pastor. This is the secret of power — prayer. Great praying will make great preaching. My elders pray for me, before the sermon jn the study, and then, during the services, they sit behind me on the platform. Sometimes I turn to them and see their lips moving in prayer for me, and I gain power. The stcret is out — pxaycr, earnest, heartfelt prayer, is the basis of a soul- winning church. In the Brotherhood of Andrew and Philip they have but two rules — the rule of prayer and the rule of serv- ice. They pray for themselves, for each other, for me. They search their hearts and search for souls. They pray for the spread of the gospel, and search for some one to whom they can tell the gospel story. That is one way ; go after them. Make it a special obligation to seek for souls. Get the men, the women will follow. Make it a special object to get men to come to Christ, to work for Christ. There are more men than women in our services. There is also a society of women called the Society of Seventy, who are sent out, two by two, to work for Christ. We divide the church into thirty parts, and appoint a group over each part. We keep our hands on all we get. We divide the Sunday-school work in the same way, and know just where to look for Memorial Volume. 225 each scholar, and keep them all under our eye and hand. We try to maintain a high standard of spirit- uality. A spiritual church will have a spiritual people. We divide the new comers among those who are spiritually minded, and they receive instruction and are brought up to a high standard. No pastor can work ak)ne ; all must join him. We have always had a people's church. We use the evangeHstic methods with success. We make the church a place to win souls ; we preach to them with that object. It is the preaching of the gospel that wins men's souls. We go after them, we find them, we bring thern in. There is no power in an empty pew, but there is power when the pew has some one in it. We use a great deal of printed matter ; God believes in printer's ink as well as the devil. We compel the unsaved to come by keep- ing the matter before them. We see that every one gets a card of invitation. We sing gospel songs in our church. An elder in the church at Albany opposed this by every method, but when I had succeeded in having the song, " Ring the Bells of Heaven," sung on one occasion, he said, "What was that song?" I told him it was a gospel song. "Just the thing," said he, and we rang the bells of heaven until we sang the doors open tor the unsaved. Prepare your church for this kind of work. Never have services of an evangelistic nature without prepara- tion. See that the congregation is right with God be fore you commence. Then preach the gospel of Jesus Christ. There may be competition in preaching as m other fields, but there is no competition m preaching the gospel. It is the same always and everywhere. Men are hungry for the gospel. I do not believe in 226 Mills Meetings sensationalism, but I had rather be a sensationaHst than have empty seats. I believe that if I should an- nounce that I would preach standing on one foot the church would be crowded ; but would it last ? The gospel of Jesus Christ lasts. It is always new, and al- ways draws, and always holds. Sensational preaching is like froth. Expect the people to come to Christ, There was a time in my work when I was afraid to ask them, and did so in fear and trembling. Not a man got up. Preach as though you expected every man, woman and child in the house to get up and confess Christ. Ask them to give their hearts to Christ, I would stop in the midst of a sermon toask this question if I thought it was the right time. We have one worker in every six seats, and when a man or woman shows signs of desire these workers get them by the hand and talk to them and try to turn them. It is a difficult thing for a man to get out of the church without being asked to come to Christ, This plan will do as well for the small churches. Make the church and the men responsible for the work done. Catch the enthusiasm of the gospel if you want a soul-winning church. After the close of the sermon, Dr. Chapman invited ministers present to ask questions. The following were asked : Question. — Do you believe in cottage prayer-meet- ings? Answer i^Y^'^v. J. Wilbur Chapman), — Yes, sir; conducted by the proper persons, they are very good adjuncts to the other work. Memorial Volume. 227 Q. — How much do you usually spend on your work in advertising ? A. — (J. W. C.)^ — From fifty to sixty dollars a month, but we get it all back in the collection. Ad- vertising pays. Q. — What is the best method of conducting after- meetings ? A. (J. W. C). — You must consider the material that you have to work with. You can not set an arbitrary rule. Begin with those who have risen for prayers. Sometimes people will take a short step when they will not take a long one. Ascertain, if possible, the difficulties in coming to Christ. I remember one man who testified that he was waiting to get the feel- ing, and this testimony developed twenty-five others. It is sometimes necessary to get the Christians started ; others will then follow. Q. — In the divisions of which you speak, do you consider the geogr^iphical locations, or do you divide them according to age? A. — We first tried dividing them by location, but we found that this did not work satisfactorily. We found that if they were too near they would neglect to work simply because they were not required to make an effort, but that when we gave them work at some distance they did better work. Q. — Will you please explain a little more explicitly what you meant by tokens? A. — Our token card reads : ** Bethany Communion Token. — Name .... Address .... Remarks , , . ." We have these prepared in books with stubs. We have six communions per year. At each communion service these are gathered. We depend upon them for our record. 228 Mills Meetings Q. — What is the character of the music ? A. — We use the same music as we use in this serv- ice, Gospel Songs. We have an orchestra that we have used two or three times during the year. Q. — Are all your services of an evangelistic charac- ter? A. — No, sir; they would lose their fascination. We have intervals of five or six weeks. Sometimes we have special services to different classes of people. I have spoken to firemen, Grand Army men, and others. We allow time enough to elapse to make them a little eager ; then their faces will shine with enthusiasm ; they like them. Q. — What about night schools? How are the ex- penses met ? A. — The fee is ten cents a week, in the morning. They pay for themselves. Q. — Do you have a choir ? A. — We have a volunteer choir, with a paid leader. I have occasionally hired singers. We have a pipe organ, and an orchestra that is supported by Mr. Wanamaker, which we occasionally use, Q. — Do you ask laymen to conduct services ? A. — Oh, yes ; we ask our people to do whatever we want them to do. The lay members conduct the smaller services. Q. — Do you have rented pews? A. — Yes, sir. Q. — What is the standard of membership in the order of Brotherhood of Andrew and Philip ? A. — The highest. Q. — How do you ascertain whether they are faith- ful or not ? Memorial Volume. 229 A. — Everything goes by tens. There are twenty- five bands and twenty-five leaders. The leaders are in touch with each other and with the pastor. Q. — From what source do you get your largest ac- cessions— fi'om the Sunday-school or fi-om your evan- gelistic work ? A. — We get more fi'om the outside than we do fi'om the Sunday-school. We make an efibrt to get heads of families. More than one-half of the recent accessions were men. Q. — What method do you use to shepherd the lit- tle children who come into the church from irreligious families? A. — We look after them. We visit their families. Q. — How are colored people received? A. — We would receive them if they came? Q. — Do you ever reject applications ? A. — Well, we have a very high standard of exami- nation, and we sometimes ask them to wait for another communion. Q. — What about outside meetings ? A. — Our church is strongly in favor of central- ization, but we give largely to all the missionary boards. Here Mr. Mills took the platform, and said : While I am thoroughly in sympathy with Mr. Chapman, I have been called to visit many places, and I should be pleased to answer any questions ; but you must not hesitate to continue questioning Dr. Chapman, if you wish. Q- — What standard is required from the teachers? A. (J. W. C). — Our requirements are high. We do not assign them to teach unless we consider them 230 Mills Meetings capable. Even then we appoint an assistant to super- vise them. Q. — What are your terms of communion ? A. (J. W. C). — We invite all who believe in Jesus Christ. Q. — Do you use the envelope system, or do you assess ? A. (J. W. C). — We let them assess themselves, but we have systematic giving. We have never had any trouble to raise all the money we need. Q. — Do you use the night school to induce the people to come into the church? A. — We do not. We send them to night school after they have come into the church. Q. — What shall we do with members of the church who are not Christians? A. \^. Fay Mills). — Hold up a high standard. Get them to take part. Give them something to do. Try to touch their hearts. Talk plainly to them. I would not dare to talk as plainly in my evangelistic work as I would to my own people. Q. — What do you do when they stay away from church when you ask them to take part ? A. (Mills). — Try to make the prayer meetings so interesting that they want to come. Q. — What do you do in case of improper conduct? A. — Different cases require different action, I would discipline them, if necessary. In any case, do n't go after them like a policeman. Baptize them with ten- derness, plead with them, pray with them. Q. — What about church buildings? A. (Mills). — Some churches are built on the princi- ple that it 's easy to get in, but difficult to get out. Memorial Volume. 231 You should build a church like you would a factory — for business purposes. Study the needs, then build accordingly. Have plenty of light and air, plenty of side rooms which are easy of access. Sometimes you can save a man by getting into the lecture room quickly. Q. — What do you consider the best arranged church in Cincinnati ? ^.— The Central Christian Church and St. Paul's Methodist are well arranged. ^._Why shift at all? A. (Mills). — The fact of going to another room is of itself a decided step in the right direction. But I never make an arbitrary rule in this matter, but do as the Spirit directs. Sometimes I do n't take them out of the room at all. Q. — Would you accept an invitation from a colored congregation to preach ? A. (Mills).— Certainly I would. Q. — Does multiplying methods weaken the spirit? A. (Mills). — An organization, to be a power, must be a growth. Let the Spirit of God move you. I believe in organization ; I believe that it develops power. Q. — What do you think of fairs and suppers? A. (Mills). — If you can use them to get people to come to church, or to win souls, they are a good thing. Dr. Newall used to get the people together, and then preach to them. As a means of raising money, they are an unmitigated curse. Q. (B, Fay Mills). — What is the most successful method that can be used to save souls ? A. (Rev. Robbins). — I lay my sermon down on a chair and pray over it, and then go to church, expect- ing some one to be saved. 232 Mills Meetings (Remark by B. Fay Mills). — That 's one of the great features of success. A. (By ). — Consecration and prayer. A. (By ). — Induce the people to tell what they have done for Christ. Q. — How do you prepare your sermons? A. (Mills). — A sermon is not a work of art simply. ^rA screw-driver is intended to turn screws. The fact that it has a gold handle neither adds to nor detracts from its value if it turns the screws. A sermon is intended to bring souls to Christ, and is effective just in proportion as it does this. AFTERNOON MEETINGS, NINTH STREET BAPTIST CHURCH. February laTH to 26TH, 2:30 p. m. When this volume shall have become history, and much of the flush incident to a great revival shall have passed away, many will realize that deep impressions, stirring the soul to higher life, inducing meditation and much prayer, were received at the meetings held in the Ninth Street Baptist Church every afternoon (ex- cept Saturday) from February 1 2th to 26th. A marked feature of the revival of which this vol- ume, limited to a brief mention, is but a partial history, is that it has offered the gospel to all who chose to re- ceive it. The thought that stands in bold relief is that all classes have been sought and, in the case of thou- sands, reached by the gospel. A redeeming Christ has been offered alike to the child entering upon the first firm steps in life, and to the one whose footfalls beat NINTH STREET BAPTIST CHl'RCH. Memorial Volume. 233 life's requiem. The light has been held aloft, and its life-giving beams have fallen upon all. The different meetings have each had a distinguish ing character, in many cases determined by the time of meeting, the persons composing the congregation, or the themes selected. The afternoon meetings held at the Ninth Street Baptist Church were stamped with the impress of restfulness. The church, which is one of the largest in the city, was well filled at each meet- ing with a congregation of thoughtful, earnest seekers for higher light and deeper consecration. Mingled with those whose hearts were warm to- ward the home of their spiritual birth, were those whose lives had caught the fire from off the altar of the one great Church of Christ, and whose brotherhood and sisterhood in Christ made any sanctuary where Christ was held aloft for the healing of mankind a blest abiding place. The meetings held here were largely composed of those who had felt the thrill of new born spiritual life, and who, with lips still fresh from the draughts of the water of life, longed to drink still deeper. The services held at this church were to a very large extent addressed to Christians, and no services could have been more impressive, or have created a greater desire on the part of those out of Christ "to come and taste and try" that which had blessed and quickened the eloquent speakers to lives of consecra- tion and power. Owing to a misunderstanding, a large number gathered the afternoon before the formal opening under the Rev. B. Fay Mills, and in the absence of the leaders were addressed by Rev. Johnston Myers and 234 Mills Meetings Rev. W. D. Holt, the pastors, from the text, "She only touched the hem of his garment." From this informal opening until the close on Friday afternoon, February 26th, the attendance was maintained almost to the limit of the seating capacity. The recording of the services at each station is accompanied by the same regret, that the limits of this volume will not allow a fuller consideration of the meetings, all of which brought a blessing to those who were present. But few of the twelve hundred people who were present at the service held February 15th will ever witness a service more impressive. The meeting was opened by singing "Blessed Hour of Prayer," and "I Need Thee Every Hour," led by Mr. Lawrence B. Greenwood, in which all joined. After prayer by Rev. G. R. Robbins, pastor of Lincoln Park Baptist Church, and a solo by Mr. Green- wood, Rev. B. Fay Mills spoke with unusual depth of pathos upon the ' ' Enduement of Power from On High. " His sermon was a strong appeal to Christians to open wide the soul gate to the Spirit of God, and stirred the hearts of those who heard him with a strong desire to become worthy to be made a dwelling place of the Holy Ghost. The sermons were largely those which had been delivered at other places, mention of which has been made in other sections of this volume. Dr. J. Wilbur Chapman and Mr. Geo, C. Stebbins made many warm friends by their earnest work in this series of meetings. At all these meetings were to be found representa- tives of nearly all the churches cooperating in the Mills movement, and friendships were formed, and some y,^^ kKV. J. A. SHANNON. Pastor of Uniietl Presbyierian Church. REV. C. O. SHI REV. J'astor of Pilgrim Chapel Presbyterian Church. REV. JOHNSTON MVERS. Pastor of Ninth §treet Piaptist Church REV. J. A. MARKHA.M. Pastor and Superintendent of the Union Bethel. Memorial Volume, ^35 were mellowed by the thought, so often heard from this pulpit, that one day — that great day — "there shall be but one fold and one shepherd." NOON-DAY PRAYER MEETINGS. These meetings, held at the First Presbyterian Church, on Fourth street, from 12 m. to 12:45 p. m. daily (except Sunday), Rev. Hugh Gilchrist, pastor, were commenced on February ist and continued until March 5th. No meetings of the many held, not even including those held at the Music Hall, presented as many unique features and brought out so many remarkable phases of this great revival work. It was a point of centralization, a meeting place for all who were interested in the work, where they could come into close touch one with the other. The services were to a considerable extent those of a prayer or experience meeting, with the factor always present, that a broad field was contributing daily its quota of testimony to the value of the services being held here and elsewhere. The onlooker at these meetings might have experi- enced sensations similar to those of a man standing upon the great bridge during the flood that swept this sec- tion some years ago, when below in the turbid waters drifted the wreckage of a great breaking up ; huge trees, houses that had once been homes, and all the debris that the fierce waters had torn from their usual resting place ; but there would have been this added feeling, that whereas the flood bore upon its bosom only tokens of devastation and loss, this flood 236 Mills Meetings lifted high its glorious messages of peace. Man touched man, and spoke of the power of it all; the power of the Gospel of Jesus Christ to tear down the barriers of sin and rear in their places a tabernacle cleansed for the abiding of the Spirit of God. Here, perhaps more than at any place in the entire field of service, men, women and children spoke words never to be forgotten by those who heard them. Here the hundreds of requests for prayer were read, and here heads bowed daily in the busiest hours of the day, to petition the throne of grace for answer to the prayers. And answer came. Hundreds rose to speak, in affirmation of the truth of the words of the Master, "Seek, and ye shall find," and told how they had sought, and found Him who alone can give perfect peace. Testimony piled upon testimony proved be- yond the possibility of a doubt that we serve a prayer- hearing and a prayer-answering God. The services consisted of the discussion of a topic, which was announced the day previous by a card sus- pended in the rear of the pulpit. This was usually in- formal and somewhat brief, leaving a large part of the forty-five minutes for prayer and testimony. They were conducted by Rev. B. Fay Mills and Mr. Greenwood, assisted by Dr. J. Wilbur Chapman and Mr Stebbins during their stay. The topic chosen was made the central thought, and around it were woven the prayers and in many cases the testimonies. These meetings were attended daily by a very large proportion of the ministers in the combination, and were a favorite place for the recent converts, who, no doubt, felt less timidity here than in the larger meetings. The Memorial Volume. 237 testimonies of these converts were in many cases re- markable, and in some cases startling; and here the progress of spiritual growth could be studied, and the working of grace seen in the faces and gleaned from the words of those who took part. Some who rose for prayer in the earUer meetings grew bold to confess Christ here ; and having felt the peace that comes of restfulness with God, spoke with greater confidence each time. Old men gave testimony of their disenthrallment from sin, and young girls just budding into womanhood spoke tenderly of His peace and rest. At the request of many, we give the themes sug- gested for the month of February. On each Monday was held what has been termed, with justice, the Good Cheer Meetings, in which reports of the work and its success were read. Spoken and silent thanks ascended to the Giver of all good, for the blessed answers to the many prayers. No regret could be keener than the realization that many of these cheering, soul-inspiring messages can not be incorporated in this volume. We give a partial report of the Good Cheer Meeting held February 15th, and will record some of the most striking testimonies in the chapter on Incidentals. "Good cheer meeting." "Open thy mouth wide." '' Conditions of revival. " " Limiting God." " Lord, is it I?" "Prayer for a great Sunday." "Good cheer meeting." "Have you received the Holy Ghost?" "How can a man know God?" "Whatsoever He saith unto you, doit." "Are you willing?" "Prayer for a great Sunday." "Good cheer meeting." "Ac- cording to your faith." " With all your heart." "The peace of God." "What shall we have therefore?" 238 Mills Meetings " Prayer for a great Sunday." " Good cheer meeting." "A clean heart." "Power from on High." "My Beloved is mine." " I am His." " Prayer for a great Sunday." " Good cheer meeting." As will be seen by the list of subjects, it was the aim of the evangelist to lead the people of God up to higher planes of Christian thought and life. Every day was a further revelation of what is necessary to the soul that would come into complete harmony with its Creator in order that He might use it for the accom- plishment of His great purposes. The appeals to the reason, to the conscience, and to the heart, were so strong as to bring from many lukewarm, indifferent professors, confessions, and resolutions to live better and holier lives in future. This was fully demonstrated at the later meetings, when many of these persons gave testimony that they had been quickened and greatly blessed through the instructive suggestions of the leaders. Throughout the entire series of meetings a fev/ im- portant truths were enforced every day, such as the following: God is not limited in His power when people are willing and ready. The absolute need of the enduement of the Holy Spirit for service, and the certainty of every Christian receiving such enduement if he possessed a clean heart, a willing mind, undoubting faith, and sought the gift with his whole heart. Large numbers of those in at- tendance were led to seek this power, and testimonies were heard from time to time that they had received it. Another excellent result attained through the prac- tical suggestions of the evangelists was that many were led to a more thorough study of God's word. Both Rl':\'- Iv 1.. WARREN, D. D. P.Tsior of Clifton I'resbyterian Churc Ri';\'. joiiN pi<:ars(>n, )>.d. Presiiliiiir F.kler M E. Church. REV. \V. L). Hoi/r. Associate Past^ir of Ninth Street P.apti-t Chiircli. REV. D. J. STARR, D. I). P.istnr of Peni-1 Street M. E. Church Memorial Volume. 239 Mr. Mills and Dr. Chapman requested all who testified in the meetings in reference to their own acquisitions in the Christian life to do so with a passage of Scrip- ture. If they asked reasons for living the Christian life, those reasons were to be suggested in a quotation from the word. Experiences were also to be founded upon the word. E.ecommendations of God's grace were to be given in a scriptural text. Thus all who took any part in the services were led from day to day to study the Bible, and many things, new and rich, were brought forth. Another feature worthy of special notice was the cultivation of brevity in speech and prayer. Specific prayer was all that was asked for or expected. Peo- ple were taugiit to pray to God, rather than to pray to the ears of the people. Without question, the meetings were exceedingly helpful to all of God's people, quickening the almost lifeless, stimulating the indifferent, and energizing all for a new and better service. Tears of sorrow for sin, confessions of back-sliding, and resolves from all classes of Christians were often heard. The unsaved were always present, and almost every day from five to twenty would arise and request the prayers of God's people that they might be led into the light. The attendance was large and regular, the spacious auditorium being always well filled. Business men and people from the suburbs attended in large num- bers. The audience often numbered a thousand. The blessed results from these meetings will never be fully known, but a multitude will never cease to thank God that they were held as they look back upon them as the dates of a new and higher life within their souls. 240 Mills Meetings REPORT OF GOOD CHEER MEETING. Held Monday, February 18. Mr. Mills spoke of what was accomplished on the Sabbath. "The rain came down copiously on the outside, and the showers of blessing decended on the in" side of the churches. Tell us now about the work done in your Sunday-schools ; give us personal in- stances of conversion that you think might be help- ful. Tell us anything of an encouraging nature. If anybody knows of anything that is discouraging, let him keep quiet." Some of the responses were the following : From a middle-aged gentleman : ' ' Last night I attended the first after-meeting I ever attended in my life, and was blessed in having my three children come to the Lord. There is joy in my home to-day." From Rev. A. M. Dawson, pastor of the Poplar street Presbyterian Church : ' ' Forty-eight came to Christ in our Sunday-school proper; thirty-eight in the primary department. There was never such a day as yesterday in the history of our school." From a representative of the Fifth Presbyterian Church: "I never saw such a Sunday-school serv- ice as that of yesterday. Whole classes signed the cards." From Rev. C. O. Shirey, pastor of the Mt. Adams Presbyterian Church : "A large class of pupils in our school, which we had never previously been able to reach, signed the cards. There were forty professions made altogether. " Memorial Volume. 241 From Rev. F. Granstaff, pastor of the Fifth Pres byterian : "I have preached for nine years, and it seems as if I never did anything until yesterday." From a lady representative of the McMicken Wo man's Industrial School: "We had a little of heaven on earth at our school, last Saturday. When I asked the scholars how many were willing to serve Jesus, fifty-seven little hands went up." From Rev. J. F. Patton, pastor of the Dayton street Baptist Church: "I did not believe that Mr. Mills' plan would work in our Sunday-school, but it did. Twenty-nine signed the cards. There was a young man in my Bible class who was not a Christian, and he became one, to our great joy. " From Rev. J. C. Smith, pastor of the Reformed Presbyterian Church: "I belong to a church very conservative in the matter of revivals. All Saturday night nearly I lay awake planning and praying for the work on the Sabbath. Every one in our school, not a church member, was converted. We had forty cards signed in all." From a representative of the Sixth Pi-esbyterian : " One hundred and sixteen came to the Lord in our school. " From Rev. D. J. Starr, pastor of the East Pearl street Methodist Church: "There were twenty persons who consecrated themselves to the Lord at our church yesterday, ranging in age from twelve to sixty." From Rev. G. R. Robbins, pastor of the Lincoln Park Baptist Church : * ' Thirty-eight cards were signed with us. Yesterday was the greatest day Cincinnati ever had." From Dr. J. J. Francis, of the Presbyterian 242 Mills Meetings Church : "I preached last night by appointment of the Devotional Committee in McKendree M. E. Church to a union meeting of the East End churches. It was a grand gathering of more than five hundred people, and a number signed the cards. The brethren in the East End say it was one of the largest and best meetings ever held in that section of the city." From a stranger : "I live at Greenfield, eighty-five miles away, and I want to say that your work is felt at that distance. Fifty-one were brought to Christ in our church yesterday." At Riverside there were one hundred and fifty con- versions. A remarkable case was that of a young boy who stood up and professed conversion before the invitation was given. At the Cumminsville Presbyterian Church 65 signed cards; at the First English Lutheran, 123 ; at Pilgrim Chapel, 64 ; at the Central Congregational, 6^ ; at the First Presbyterian, G'j \ at the Fifth Presbyterian, 58; at the Columbia Congregational, 33 ; at the West Sixth Street Mission, 39 ; at the Mohawk Presbyterian, 23 ; at miscellanous churches, 214. The total reported to the chairman of the Execu- tive Committee for the city up to Monday morning was 1,534; for Mt. Auburn and Walnut Hills, 1,474; for Covington, 547. It is thought that there are enough more not yet reported to raise the number to five thou- sand. The following requests for prayer were selected from an accumulation numbering several hundred, in addition to hundreds, perhaps thousands, of requests made in person, for the one speaking or some dear friend or relative. Memorial Volume. 243 ** Ask the Holy Spirit to touch my father's and my brother's heart, and to give me faith to beheve that He will do it." * ' A wife desires a special interest in the prayer of God's children for the conviction and conversion of her husband now; also for two dear uncles." * * Please ask for prayer for the consecration, full and entire, of a Christian friend." " Please bring my husband before the throne of grace on Saturday. A lonesome wife, who could do so much good if he were a Christian." "Pray for my Sunday-school class, that every one of the eleven young ladies may be converted and have cleansed hearts." "Pray for the Y. P. S. C. C. of Pleasant Ridge Presbyterian Church, that it may be a 'great Sunday' for them and their consecration meeting." "Please pray forme, that I may lay aside every weight and the sin that doth so easily beset me, and that I may run with patience the race that is set before me. One who wants to be a true soldier of the cross and follower of the Lam_b. " * ' Please pray for the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Norwood Methodist Church to-morrow night, in the salvation of souls." " I request prayers for my two brothers, that they may accept Christ." * * A mother and sister request prayers for the con- version of an invahd brother." 244 Mills Meetings " I ask prayers for three lady and two gentlemen friends, that they trust Christ for their soul's salva- tion." " I request prayer for a young lady and two gen- tlemen friends, that they may trust Christ." ' * A widowed mother for her boys. The oldest, a man of forty; who was converted when a boy, and for several years walked with God. But when he left home to go to school, other influences seemed to draw him away from God. For several years he has been immersed in business, and seems to care for little else. He is the same kind son and brother ; but lacks the one thir.g needful, w lich God only can give. Theyounger son holds on to the faith of his childhood ; but has been disappointed in everything he has undertaken to do. He says he is afraid he is not doing what God wants him to do, or he would not so frustrate his plans. Some times feels he ought to try to take up his father's fallen mantle, and enter the ministry. Please ask the Lord to make his way plain to him." "Please pray for the conviction and conversion of a widow, her son and two daughters, one of whom is a confirmed invalid. Their lack of concern about their soul's interest is distressing." "I have listened to some of your sermons, and am convinced that you mean just what you say and preach ; therefore I would like to obtain that peace and hope which is in Christ Jesus. I am a wicked and a very bad man. So, if there is any redemption for me, I want it, I want it ; life is very burdensome to me, dark, gloomy and without hope. It is a terrible state to be Memorial Volume. 245 in. Please remember me in your prayers, and the prayers at to-morrow's meeting at 12 o'clock. I will be there myself." Hundreds of requests for prayer were read and spoken in these fneetings. We have given only a few, selected at random, as illustrating the sincerity and variety of these appeals. MR. MILLS AT THE NORTH PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Sabbath, February 21. The second section of the Western District is com- prised of the churches in Cumminsville, four of which entered into the "Mills movement " with heart and hand — the North Presbyterian, J. M. Anderson, pas- tor; Wright Chapel, M. E., J. W. Kelley, pastor; Fer- gus street Christian, W. C. Payne, pastor, and Im- manuel Baptist, H. C. Lyman, pastor. Messrs. Mills and Greenwood favored this section with a service for young people, on Sabbath afternoon, February 21st. Large delegations were present from the M. E. churches of Winton Place and Camp Washington. The church auditorium was filled to overflowing with an eager throng of anxious hearers. Mr. Mills preached one of his characteristic sermons from the text, " Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth." At the same hour Dr. J. W. Simpson, of Walnut Hills, addressed an overflow meeting, that nearly filled the lecture-room, taking for his text, " Look unto me, and be ye saved. " Both sermons were eloquent, persua- 246 Mills Meetings sive, and full of power. Mr. Greenwood sang one of his beautiful solos to each of the audiences. Nearly one hundred and fifty signed cards, signifying their desire to begin a Christian life. The lecture-room was emptied and refilled with those who had signed cards, and those who wished to hear further from Mr. Mills concerning the way of salvation. The Holy Ghost was present, the churches revived, scores converted, and spiritual impressions made that will last throughout eternity. A TYPICAL SABBATH-SCHOOL EVANGELIS- TIC SERVICE. It has been the desire of the editors to describe in some form the characteristic features of each different form of service connected with the great revival move- ment. Very few, if any, of these services produced a deeper impression, or were more fruitful of immediate results, than those held in the different church Sabbath- schools, on the day following the Saturday evening Sabbath-school Teachers' Conference in each district. At Mr. Mills, suggestion, the usual lessons were laid aside, and the hour was spent in the one earnest effort to bring the scholars to Jesus. The result was the expres- sion of the purpose by hundreds to begin at once a Christian life. The record of that day in many schools was simply marvelous. At our urgent request. Rev. Frank Granstaff, pastor of the Fifth Presbyterian Church, has given us the story of the day in his church. It is only the story of what occurred in dozens of other Sabbath-schools. Memorial Volume. 247 bringing a sabbath-school to christ. Sabbath morning, February 14, 1892, will go down in the history of the Fifth Presbyterian Church as a time of gracious reviving. The memorable words of the Lord Jesus to His disciples, "Ask, and ye shall re- ceive ; seek, and ye shall find ; knock, and it shall be opened unto you ; " and the promise, "If two of you shall agree on earth as touching anything that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven," were literally fulfilled. At the sugges- tion of Mr. Mills, made at the conference for Sabbath- school workers, held in the Young Men's Christian Association Hall, on Saturday evening, February 13, the pastor, officers and teacheis of the school met for consecration and prayer one half-hour before the time for opening. Every teacher was pres- ent, and all were in the spirit of prayer. None who were there can ever forget the prayers that were breathed out and up — how earnest and tender they were. The scene in that upper little room must ever be a thing of precious memory. And while we were all "with one accord in one place, "the Spirit came in mighty power. While we were yet praying, the school began to assemble. Before the hour for opening, the place where we were was filled with the atmosphere of great tenderness. There was a holy hush. Those who had occasion to move about the room, moved as though they would say, " Be still, for God is here." The lesson was dispensed with for the morning, and the teachers spoke to their classes only of coming to Christ. God owned the effort, and blessed it. When 243 Mills Meetings opportunity was given for all to stand up who had given themselves to Jesus, sixty-eight stood up. This was but the beginning. The good work goes on. One hundred and twenty-five in the congregation have sig- nified their desire and intention of being Christians. Situated as we are, without a church home, during the erection of our new house of worship, occupying a small hall in the Wesleyan Womans' College, we had hardly dared to hope for more than a few of the "mercy drops ;" but God put to shame our feeble faith, doing for us exceedingly above and beyond that we were able to ask or think. He has visited us with "showers of blessing." "The Lord has done great things for us, whereof we are glad." And the end is not yet. Indeed the work among us seems only favorably begun. " Still there's more to follow, More and more — Always more to follow." MUSIC HALL MEETINGS. It can not be denied that the ^yorkers experienced some little anxiety in the last few hours before the opening of the Music Hall meetings. True, the meet- ings had been large and very enthusiastic in other dis- tricts, but there had been many meetings, and there were those who had expressed the opinion that the meetings at Music Hall would not come up to the ex- pectation of the workers. But all fears and carpings were forever set at rest several hours before the time set for the opening of the doors on Monday, February 22nd, at 7:15 p. M, The people came at 6 p. m., a small group, which grew by tens, then hundreds, then thousands, until before the opening of the doors thou- sands had gathered, to prove beyond doubt that the spiritual food which had been served so bountifully at the many previous services had only whetted the appe- tite for the banquet of good things to be spread at Music Hall. The doors were opened at 7: 15, and in a few moments every seat in the house was taken and the crowd press- ing in not perceptibly diminished. The people crowded the aisles, the rear of the balcony, and every available place that would afford resting place for a human being, and still they came, until it became necessary to close the doors and turn away thousands who desired to come in. There had been many prayers sent up for this result, and human effort had been put forward for its accomplishment, yet many were surprised when the 250 Mills Meetings prayers answered brought a greater blessing than could be cared for, at least in Music Hall that night. For a few moments the crowd seemed unman- ageable, the ushers being unable to move about in the densely packed throng ; but when the great organ, under the deft touch of Miss Rebecca Snyder, blended its volume of harmony with the voices of the choir of seven hundred, as if by magic that great body of people settled into restful expectancy. This was the beginning of a series of meetings last- ing two weeks, which many times tested the capacity of Music Hall to the fullest extent. At no time or place was the power of B. Fay Mills so fully man- ifested as in the management of the great gatherings that were drawn to hear the word of God as preached by him. He never lost the master grasp upon the multi- tudes, holding a congregation of five thousand as com- pletely under his control as though they were but a dozen. It was an inspiring sight ! The great crowd looked into the faces of the seven hundred who constituted the choir, and then upon the group of pastors repre- senting the combination of seventy churches, and felt the thrill that steals upon the human soul when great interests are at stake. The union of men for any pur- pose is usually a manifestation of power, but here in the union of the people of God was an indication that all personal or non-essential elements had been cast aside for the accomplishment of a great work, the greatest work that human beings can undertake — the salvation of men. As the pastors pressed shoulder to shoulder in a common cause, so in that great auditorium the people Memorial Volume. 25 i looked into each other faces to ask but one question, " Are you a Christian?" and an affirmative answer was almost a covenant to reach forth in unity toward some one yet unsaved. Mr. Lawrence B. Greenwood- led the singing, and it took but a few moments to demonstrate that he had drawn them into sympathy with him in the song pray- ers to the Master. They sang with a volume and power that filled the Music Hall with the rich melody of the gospel songs. After a sympathetic rendition of the song, " Christ Arose," by Mr. Greenwood, Rev. B. Fay Mills read a few verses from the Book of Revelation, then invited the congregation to bow their heads in a silent prayer for the consecretion of this great hall to the service of God. Bishop Joyce, of Chattanooga, led in fervent prayer, asking the blessing of the Most High God on the effort to be put forward for the redemption of men. After a service of song in which the entire congre- gation joined the choir, Mr. Mills preached a powerful sermon from the text, "Woe to them that are in ease in Zion " (Amos vi. i). The sermon was a strong and eloquent appeal to professing Christians to live up to their professions, and was illustrated with many suggestive word pictures bearing upon the thread of his discourse. He made it very apparent to his hearers that con- sistent Christianity meant living Christlike lives, and that a professor living less than this was a hindrance to the advancement of the cause of the Master. After the service was held an after-meeting in which a large number expressed their desire to re- 252 Mills Meetings consecrate themselves, and many others took their first step toward the Kingdom of Christ. The great gathering of the opening night made a profound impression upon the minds of all who heard of it, and for two or three meetings many remained away who would have gone if they had supposed that they could obtain a seat. Notwithstanding this, fully five thousand were present on Tuesday evening, within a few minutes of the opening hour, 7:15. The great choir — the faithful choir — filled the platform, and the services gained in solemnity what they lost in numbers. The services of the two weeks in this great hall were a revelation to all who at- tended them ; and while no human being will ever know how many were present, many will recognize the fact that no two services were alike. Indeed the won- derful powers of adaptation to all circumstances and to all classes has been remarked by those who have at- tended the preaching of Mr. Mills. It will be noticed that in the services that follow the needs of all classes have been considered, services for men alone, young people, mothers, Christians bold and Christians trembling, sturdy mothers and fathers in Is- rael, converts just entering into the light of life,and those who have not courage to take the first step. The field of human relationship to God was touched at all points by sermons appealing to all attributes. The Gospel was held as the sole light of the soul, to guide alike the trembling beginner and the strong, vigorous professor. After the song service by the choir, led by Mr. Lawrence B. Greenwood, the services of the second night were opened by a prayer by Dr. Wm. McKibbin. REV. M. C. LOCKWOOD. Pastor of First Baptist Church. i REV. A. M. DAWSON. Pastor of Poplar Street Presbyterian Church. REV. F. K. WALKER. Pastor uf Richmond Street Christian Churcli. REV. G. R. ROBBINS. Pastor of Lincoln Park Baptist Church Memorial Volume. 253 Mr. Mills took for his text, "Let the wicked forsake his way" (Isaiah v. 7). The sermon was pointed and plain, developing the thought that sin may be present in those who least realize its presence. A few brief extracts will recall to those who heard him the contents of his sermon. "Let the wicked forsake his way." It may be that some people will settle back in their seats to-night as much as to say, " Well, now, if he is going to talk to the wicked, we will look on." So it is that the first question is this, Who is the wicked man ? Anybody who is not clean and pure in the sight of God and in his relations to his fellow-men. I am sure that those of you who are not Christians will bear me out when I say that most Christians are striv- ing to depart from iniquity. Two-thirds of my ser- mons have been directed to Christians, and have had for their object the persuasion of Christians to live up to their doctrines. We need to make a distinction here between two classes of men called morally good. One of these is of men who are good in every way ; they pay their debts ; they do not say unkind things about the church ; and they always show that they are lovers of law and order. And yet the man of this class is not an openly confessed follower of Jesus Christ. Why should I call him wicked ? Because he does not live entirely up to his convictions. The other man is in great contrast with this one. Nobody would know that he was righteous if he was not always speaking of it. He occupies an exalted position, and presumes to criticise the lives of those around him and the church. I would not dare to criti- 254 Mills Meetings cise the Church of Jesus Christ. The Pharisee of to-day is not in the church, but is outside of it, saying unkind things about it. For this class of people the Lord did have stinging words. He called them " whited sepul- chers. " Yielding to pride is as bad as yielding to lust. The critical man may be just as bad in God's sight as a man who has come to a drunkard's grave through an inherited appetite for strong drink. Oh, friend, if you belong to this class you are in an awful state. You may say, " Peace, peace," but there is no peace. And then again this word applies to the person who says, " I do not say that I am not a sinner; I know that I am. But what of it ?" This is the most dan- gerous condition of all. If I am asleep in a burning house, I am willing that people should come and bat- ter down my chamber doors and cry, "Flee from the dangers around you." One little sin will poison a man through all eternity ! The words are applicable again to the man who says, "I want to get rid of sin." Can you tell a man how to get rid of sin ? Yes, I can. There is only one way. You never will get rid of your sins until you give up sinning. God Almighty will never save any- body until he gives up his sins. The bullet is in the wound ; and you may take all sorts of remedies, you may flee over the seas, but you will not get rid of the deadly bullet so easily. The only thing for you to do is to permit the probe to go down into the wounds. "Let the wicked forsake his sin," Now to the second question. Just what is it that God asks the wicked man to do ? We have God's word for it that he must forsake his sin. You may have a mother that would die for you ; you may have Memorial Volume. 255 a lather that would pour out his money to help you ; and yet they can not remove in the slightest the burden of your sins. One of the greatest luxuries some people have is that of forsaking some other person's sins. It would not be very hard for a one-legged man to give up danc- ing, or a blind man to forego sights which a pure man should not behold. It is not hard to forsake sins that have no hold upon us, and cling to those that have. I have a little niece, Dolly, who was visiting once at her aunt's house. One night at the supper table her aunt asked her if she would not have some pie. " No," she replied, "my mother says that I must not eat pie." Her mother was not with her, and we thought that Dolly's conduct was very exemplary. But the next day when the pie was passed Dolly took a piece. "Why, Dolly, " exclaimed her aunt, "I thought that your mother told you not to eat pie?" "Well," said the child, " I didn't like the kind of pie you had yes- terday." [Laughter.] I did not mean to make any- body laugh. This story has a meaning for most of us. We must have certain kinds of pie, when we know that we ought to give up all kinds. Take the word ' ' forsake. " It is a great word that reaches out and takes hold of eternity. You are going along a highway. You come to a house where there is no smoke issuing from the chimney, the doors are locked and the windows barred. The owner of that house, you say, is gone away. You come to another house where the windows are broken, and the doors have fallen in. You say the house has been forsaken. You mean that the owner 256 Mills Meetings has left it, and does not mean to come back to it. That is what forsaking sin means. Some years ago I knew a very bright young man who Hved in a small village in this State during his boy- hood, and who afterwards got employment at Akron. He was employed by an express company which very mysteriously lost twenty thousand dollars. He was sus- pected of having taken it, but it could not be proved against him. He went away into the West, and finally in his wan- derings came to Chicago. One night he heard Moody, and after the meeting he went up to the evangelist and made a clean breast of the theft. "What must I do now?" he asked. "You must restore the money," said Moody. Well, he had the money, and consented, but "what then?" What would you have said to him? Moody told him to pray, and God would direct him. The young may prayed and when he arose his mind was made up, " I am going back to Akron," he said. He went to the judge who had tried him before, and told his story. He plead guilty, and was sentenced for three years, and they led him away behind prison bars. For the first time in many years this man was free. As the time drew near when he was to be released he fell sick, and when he left that prison he went out in a chariot of glory sent by the eternal God. His brother said that they could almost hear the sound of angels' wings as they came to carry the penitent soul to heaven. Friend, if you have sinned there is nothing that can help you so much as to let it come out. There are two reasons why the wicked should for- sake their ways. If you don 't forsake your sins, they will never forsake you. I know of a prisoner who pain- KEV. A. RITCHIE, D.D. Secretary of Evangelical Alliance, and Memher of ISlills Executive Committee. REV. J. M. WALDEN, D.D.,LL.D. F.i-ihop of M. E. Chunh. and Advisory Member of Mills Executive Committee. REV. G. W. LASHER, D.D. Editor of "Journal and Messenger,' and Advisory Member of Mills Executive Committee. REV. F. C. MONTFORT, D. D. Eilitor of " Herald and Presbyter," and Advisory Member of Mills Executive Committee. Memorial Volume. 257 fully tunneled his way out of his cell and broke the last clod of earth only to find the jailer waiting for him. I know of a man who fled from the East to the West to escape his bad reputation, but found his old record waiting for him in his newly chosen home. Some of your sins will go before to the judgment, and some will follow after. The other reason is set forth in the remaining words of the text: "And let him re- turn unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him ; and to our God, for He will abundantly pardon." I heard once of a very dissipated man. One night he told the whole story of his evil life to his congrega- tion. After the service he stood in front of the church talking with one of his friends, when an old woman came up and laid an arm about him and said : "Jimmy, my boy, you never were bad. Why did you say so?" The great heart of the mother had forgotten the sins of the boy's youth. As far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us. One night at an after-meeting a wretched looking man came up the aisle to the platform, fumbling on the way with something in his pocket. I thought that he was about to pull out a manuscript. He took out a flask filled with whisky. He laid it down on the platform and turned away, saying: "That is my worst enemy. Good-by!" I wish that we could all bring up our sins to-night — our pride, selfishness and unrighteousness, and lay them on God's altar, saying to every one of them, " Good by !" Friends, will you do it ? Mr. Mills then asked every one to rise who would say, "I will give up every known sin, looking to God for help." This was applicable to every person pres- 258 Mills Meetings ent, whether a church member or not. Nearly every man, woman and child in the congregation stood up. On Wednesday, February 24th, the service was for young men, upon the subject, "The perils of young men," and four thousand listened to a sermon from the text : *' Is the young man safe?" His sermon was a tender appeal to young men to step into the light of the Gospel of Jesus Christ and brought his hearers face to face with the grand truths of the Bible. He clearly indicated the dangers that He in the path of the man who is not in harmony with God, and vividly pictured the hopelessness of agnosticism. He touched strongly upon certain important facts, drawing clear distinctions between unbelievers and disbelievers. He said: " Is the skeptical young man saved? I am talking of the young man who is a disbeliever. He is quite different from the young man who is an unbeliever. The latter is one who has not yielded himself to God, while the disbeliever is one who is opposing the claims of Christ. How about him ? He is not happy. I have never met a man who is an open opponent of Jesus Christ who seemed to be filled with the spirit of peace, and I have taken pains to look into the lives of the great skeptics. David Hume was the greatest infidel, as far as character is concerned, of whom history gives any record. He said at one time : ' In me all is doubt and contradiction, and about me all is doubt and dark- ness. I am confounded with questions on every side.' Voltaire was the most brilliant infidel that the world Memorial Volume. 259 has ever seen. This man said that he believed that man was the most wretched of all possible creatures ; that he spent his existence in cheating and being cheated, and as far as he was concerned, he wished that he had never been born." Mr. Mills grew eloquent at times, his face glowing with earnestness, as he voiced his faith in the gospel of Christ to fully satisfy every human need. He spoke of the perils of a Christless young man, and they sought to win them for Christ. Many availed themselves of the opportunity of the after-meeting and stepped "over the line." On Thursday evening, Mr. Mills preached upon secret sins, to a congregation who listened intently to a searching sermon. The great choir sung with the unison of greater practise, and the congregation joined with great fervor in the singing of the gospel songs. After a brief prayer, Mr, Mills read the nintieth Psalm, and then selected his text from a part of the eighth verse : "Thou hast set our secret sins in the light of thy countenance." There are four classes of secret sins. There are sins of ignorance. A man can do wrong things while at the time he did not know they were wrong, and yet they are sins. Criminal ignorance is an ignorance of prin- ciples that he ought to understand. A man's idea of right is a very delicate conception, and it grows dull by sinning. After a man has been leading a right life he will find out more and more things that are wrong that he had not suspected to be wrong. Had he begun a year before to be right he would see where his sins were following after him. If my soul has not been 26o Mills Meetings right all my life, the evil of the past will crush down in after life to taunt me. Unless we are letting the full blaze of God's light pour into our hearts and inform us, we are guilty of sins of ignorance. There are concealed sins. Would you like to have your dear friends see all your sins in the bottom of your heart? God sees them. One day the curtain will be torn away, and they be shown to all. In the day of reckoning they will see the soul as yours ; in the last world, where everybody sees the selfishness, and the pride, and the evil, and the meanness of everybody around them. I hear some saying, "I could not bear to live in such a world as that." If all of you should suddenly be given the power of seeing these sins here to-night, this hall would be emptied quicker than it was filled. There is nothing hidden now, however, to the eyes of God. He sees all of these secret sins in all of you. What a wonderful knowledge in this text — in this Psalm. Then, in the third place, there are sins of omission — things that we have not done. I remember an old deacon who failed to come to our service one night. He told us next night how he had tossed on his bed all night. He said he had a sense of sin, and he searched his heart, which had so grievously offended God. He was troubled because he could not think of what he had done, and he concluded that it was for the things he had not done. That was just it. When you come up before the throne of God, He will ask you, "Were you a professed Christian ? " You will say, "No." He will ask you, " Did you do your duty voting and work- ing with a Christian sense of right?" You will say, "No, I belong to a party." You will have to answer Memorial Volume. 261 "No," and He will say, " Ye did it not. " Tiiat is to be test and judgment on Judgment Day. Then there are sins of the heart which foster the sins which have not yet brought their deadly fruit. The Jews had come almost to the sight of the promised land, when they had to go back to die in the wilder- ness- A man is not to blame for wicked thoughts. He is at fault when he cherishes them and allows them to grow. Pride, vanity, dissatisfaction, impatience, are evils that should be stricken out of the soul. These are awful thoughts that God reaches down into our hearts and puts them down against us in the light of his countenance. The thing that we have to do first is not to be convinced that we can be saved, but that we will save ourselves by saying, "I will confess." If your impurities stay in your soul it will curse you forever. Here is the majestic eagle. I have stood and watched him towering above me, looking down upon the earth. Then he trembles, weakens, and begins to fall, and is crushed at my feet. You wonder what killed him. You spread his wings, and under the wing you find the serpent that killed him. If you don't cleanse yourself of that secret sin, no matter how strong you are, that sin will sting you and kill you. We are sensitive about our appearance. We are always dressing up to cover up the deformities, and we are saying how handsome we are. If a minister, while preaching, should find that his cravat had crawled up back of his ear, he would be very much annoyed. His vanity would be aroused. One of his secret sins would be made promi- nent. My friend, if God touches a sin to-night, you had better give it up. 262 Mills Meetings I want to lay bare my soul before God. I can not find any salvation unless I lay bare my soul before God, May He judge me, not at my best, but at my worst. Blessed be God. He accounted for my secret sins when He made the atonement. May He get down to the depth of our souls to-night, and cleanse our souls to-night. Are you willing to say to God, " Wash me, wash me until my soul is as white as snow ?" You can have your soul made as white as snow by accept- ing the atonement of the precious blood of Jesus Christ. On Friday evening the Music Hall was filled to its utmost seating capacity. The attendance steadily in- creased after the second night, and those who were not present at the opening of the doors had but little op- portunity to obtain seats. After a service of song by the great chorus, led by Mr. Lawrence B. Greenwood, Mr. Mills spoke from his text, Luke xiv. 20: "There fore I can not come." The following is a brief outline of the sermon : One of the main excuses we hear from men to-day is that they do not know God. A German agnostic once said to a minister, that if God would show him His will he would do it. The minister invited him to pray and the professor said : " I do not know whether there is a God or not ; but if there is a God, and if He will reveal to me what He wishes me to do, I will do it." When he arose he said: "I see it all; I will do it; " and he became a Christian then and there. Another man excuses himself because he can not understand all that is in the Bible. When a man un- Memorial Volume. 263 derstands all things else, then it is time to say that this is a reason for not accepting the invitation of God's book. Another excuse is that of the man who says that he can not come because the church is full of hypocrites. Men do not try to counterfeit bad things, therefore this is an argument for the church. Then there are men who say they can not hold out. Nobody can be half-hearted and succeed in anything, or whole-hearted and fail. Men say that they can not feel as Christians feel. They must get up and begin, and they will feel the glow. Finally, the excuse of lack of time is urged. Every man will have to take time to die. Will he care to present this excuse on the judgment day? This was followed by an unusually large after- meeting. A TYPICAL AFTER-MEETING. The spectrum of a sunbeam is still a sunbeam, but its analysis has given it a character distinct from other sunbeams. Any description of the great after-meet- ings would fail to convey the element present in great power — the sense of solemnity. Then, again, it would be impossible to picture the wonderful magnetism poured upon those assembled by the evangelist, Rev. B. Fay Mills. At best the description would be but a voiceless corpse. Not the least remarkable feature of these meetings was the manner of shifting the congregation. At the conclusion of the sermon, Mr. Mills, with a few words of exhortation or explanation, would endeavor to induce 264 Mills Meetings those present to decide for Christ by rising for a moment. To his invitation there was usually a response varying in numbers from ten to one hundred. Then the ushers were directed to pass along the lines the cards bearing the inscription: / desire henceforth to lead a Christian life. Name Address Pastor or Church preferred When these were returned to the ushers, Mr. Mills invited those who desired to remain to an after service. In a few moments the entire congregation was shifted, without effort, jostling or confusion, and as if by magic the evangelist had before him an attentive, earnest group, varying from fifteen hundred to four thousand. Just how it was done the outside observer could not tell, but those familiar with the methods would place a large portion of the credit to the account of the splendid body of consecrated men who served as ushers. As soon as the congregation was before him, Mr. Mills took possession of it, bringing it into perfect harmony with the work to be done. With a few words of prayer, or a simple text, or a few brief remarks upon the sermon, or the need of sal- vation, he opened wide the door of opportunit3^ At no time did he use any set formula or resort to any tricks to induce those present to make the effort for salvation, but no means were spared to bring home to the soul of those present the conviction of sin and the need of a Saviour, and no person left his presence without the consciousness that they had been person- ally and individually asked to come to Christ. He first treated the congregation as an entirety. C. A. SANDERS. Chairman >rusic Commiltee. COL. J. A. JOHNSON. Music Committee. — Cnvini^ton. L-^! W. ]!. C.\RPENTER. I'i nance Committee. — Covinijlon. FRANK M. JOYCE. Member of Mtisic Committee Memorial Volume. 265 "Are there any who desire to rise, and by rising say that they wish to lead a Christian Hfe?" "Will you encourage the slightest desire to be brought home to God?" "Are you willing that we should pray for you?" "Who will come in now?" A hundred forms of invitation were used, which would be but skeletons when shorn of the earnest voice and winning smile of the man whose every impulse for weeks has been to bring the wandering ones to the feet of the Master. " God bless you, brother; that 's right." "One, two — God bless that young man ; " there are two more, seven, eight — I can't count them all." "God bless you, little one." " Children are near to God." "That's right; you can come too." To an old man of seventy. These sentences, taken from verbatim reports, will bring back the tender pathos to those who heard them, but could not be made to represent the earnest- ness of the evangelist or the rapid variation of voice and manner. After the congregation had ceased to respond to his appeals, as a whole, he divided them with his out- stretched arms into groups. "Will not some one here in this section come?" "Come, brother, now is the accepted time." "Thank God, sister." "That's right, God bless you." And so dividing the congregation that each individ- ual felt that the appeal had been made to him or her directly and personally. At intervals he interjected short encouraging quota- tions from the word of God, or a verse of song, and 266 • Mills Meetings many times Mr. Lawrence Greenwood, his efficient helper in song service, added to the impressions by singing as solos, the Gospel Songs, now so familiar to all— "Where Will You Spend Eternity ?" "Almost Persuaded," "Jesus of Nazareth Passeth By," in which the congregation joined at times with great fervor. Then when he became satisfied that all had risen who desired, the cards were passed by the ushers. Only He, whose Lamb's Book of Life can never be seen by human eyes, can tell the good done by the con- secrated band of men who served so faithfully those weeks filled with work for the Master. They let no opportunity pass to impress upon the wavering ones the necessity of decision, and many were garnered into the full sheaves that were prayer- fully laid at the Master's feet after each service, by these earnest Christian men. Pages might be written and justice not be done the wonderful spirit of prayer that pervaded these meetings. The door of opportunity was thrown wide open, and every encouragement given those who desired to come. "Don't stop to unravel a creed; come to God now, and He will give you light after awhile." ' ' You have only this to consider : you are lost with- out Christ, and that He is calling now, now, now, call- ing you — you, my brother, my sister. That's right; God bless you, brother." "Don't wait, but come." • ' The light is feeble now, but it will grow brighter by and by." "It is there, just a little spark; fan it — fan it into life." 0 %!K J. 1). iii':arni':. Ushers' Cdinmittec — Ciningtoii. THOMAS GIHSUX. Member of Finance Committee. ROBHRT T. :NU)KR1S. Menilier of Finan'-e Committee. JOHN WEBB, JK. Memljer of Advertising C'ommitlee. Memorial Volume. 267 "Start from to-night, brother." And then He would often turn his words towards those who were unfaithful. " Come back, come back ; you have forgotten God." "God loves you, He wants you." "God help you to say, I am sorry." Thousands responded to these invitations, and stepped over the line. Then with a face smiling, even when most eloquent, he commended to the care of God the tender children of the faith ; and when the benediction fell upon the hearts of all, it brought alike to sinner and saved a deep conviction of his earnest desire to lead men into the broad light that falls in splendor from the Master's face. THE FIRST SUNDAY IN MUSIC HALL. The first Sunday in Music Hall was devoted to special services — to young people in the afternoon, and to men in the evening — and both services filled the hall. In the morning Mr. Mills conducted a service at the Union Bethel, and spoke to a congregation drawn from the poorer classes of the city. Mr. Greenwood led in a preliminary song service, which included the following songs: "Sing them O'er Again to Me," "Lord I Care Not for Riches," "I am Coming to the Cross," "It is Well with my soul." He sang with an earnestness in which the large congregation joined. H. Thane Miller offered prayer, closing with "Our Father," in which all joined. 268 Mills Meetings Mr. Mills read from the i8th chapter of Luke, the story of the blind Bartimeus. Rev. J. A. Markham, superintendent of the Bethel, led in prayer, after which Mr. Mills preached an earnest, appealing sermon from the text, Luke xviii. 17: "Jesus of Nazareth passeth by." At the close of the sermon, all those out of Christ were invited to come home, and many were saved. One hundred and sixty signed the cards. In estimating the future strength of France, Napo- leon said: "Count for me the young men and the young women, and I will measure for you the future glory of the nation. " Could he have looked upon the congregation that filled the hall platform, and aisles of Music Hall Sunday afternoon, February 28th, he no doubt would have concluded that this city was to be a power for Jesus Christ in coming days. The youth of the city were there to hear the last sermon exclusively to young people by the evangelist. Here and there were aged heads, but young faces lit and shone with the fervor caught from the earnest man who spoke, and eyes sparkling with the spirit of youth and strength responded to the pathos of the beautiful story so tenderly told. The song service was unusually spirited, the clear, fresh voices rising to meet the chorused eloquence of the great choir, and the Gospel songs were in them- selves an ample proof that it is good to serve God. There was joy and happiness, peace and pathos in the volume of song that filled the hall. Bishop J. M. Walden led in prayer, and when Rev. B. Fay Mills an- nounced his text, "Jesus of Nazareth passeth by," (Luke xviii. 37), he spoke to seventy-five hundred young Memorial Volume. 26g men and young women, who listened to him with eager interest to the end. His sermon was tenderly impressive, as he told the story of the blind man, and his need and his noble face lit with the fire of conviction as he drew the parallel between the blind beggar and the sinner in dark- ness. Hundreds of young men and women responded to his request to come out from the blindness of un- belief In the evening, at Music Hall, the entire congrega- tion was changed. If the audience of the afternoon represented the future, the seven thousand men were, typical of the living present. The bright girl faces, the young men with countenances filled with expectancy, gave place to men with gray hair and trembling limbs ; to men with brawny muscles, the strength and power of this fair city. Some agnostic forged the lie that Christianity does not produce cultured followers, but that lie was amply refuted by the thousands of men who bore upon their faces the lines of culture and refinement. Even those whom sin had marked, to whom had been bequeathed the legacy of brutality, lost the hard lines as they soft- ened to the melody of the Gospel songs, and when Mr. Mills spoke of the need of the millions in far off Russia, they responded as freely and as fully as their means allowed.* The great congregation joined heartily in the sing- ing, and at no meeting was there such close attention. It was at this meeting that Mr. Mills spoke of the com- plete absence of excitement, which has been referred to in the chapters on " Methods," etc. * See chapter on " Incidents." 270 Mills Meetings After a short prayer, Mr. Mills announced his text, Lamentations i. 12 : "Is it nothing to you ?" A very large proportion remained to the after-serv- ice, and several hundred rose for prayers, and many more signed cards. AFTERNOON SERVICES AT MUSIC HALL. On Monday, February 28th, the services which had been held in the afternoon at the Ninth Street Baptist Church were transferred to Music Hall. Many had said that afternoon ^services at Music Hall would not be sufficiently well attended to justify holding them, but again the judgment of Mr. Mills proved best. The services were held five days, and at each service a congregation largely in excess of the seating capacity of any church in this city was present. The sermons were of a special character. On Monday afternoon Mr. Mills took " Motherhood " as his sub- ject. At the request of many we give a stenographic report in full of this sermon. MOTHERHOOD. A Sermon by Rev. B. Fay Mills. Text : " Her children arise up, and call her blessed." — Prov. xxxi. 28. ' ' The price of a virtuous woman is far above ru- bies ; the heart of her husband doth safely trust in her ; she will do him good, and not evil, all the days of her life; her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the land. Strength and Memorial Volume. 271 honor are her clothing, and she shall rejoice in time to come ; she openeth her mouth with wisdom, and in her tongue is the law of kindness ; she looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness ; her children arise up, and call her blessed ; her husband also, and he praiseth her." "The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world." When Napoleon was asked what he thought was the great need of France, he said, "Mothers;" and the great need of every nation and of the world is mothers. God has never given to a man the quality of influence that he has bestowed upon every mother. It is not only that the one who has most to sacrifice is the one who has the most love ; but it is that God has given to woman the possibilities of loving in her relationship to her offspring that he has never bestowed upon man. I remember a man who was an utterly godless man, who had thrown away opportunities that angels might almost have coveted. He had lived such a life of dissi- pation and reckless abandonment to the grosser forms of evil that his wife had been forced to leave him, and had been divorced from him. He had, I think, five children, and he had not seen them in years. He had gone out into the western mountains, and there had engaged in mining until he had become a man of a cer- tain sort of influence, and was reputed to be the pos- sessor of great wealth. I was traveling upon a railway train one day, and, sitting with him, I asked God if I might not find some way by which that man's heart might be reached. I had heard something about his family, although I had no definite information concerning them, and I asked 2/2 Mills Meetings him if he was not a married man, and he said yes, he had been married. "Well, "said I, "have you any children?" He said, "Yes, I have five children." J said, "I never saw your wife nor your children." "Well," he said, " I haven't seen them either for a long time;" and he said, "I never expect to see them again;" and then after a moment he said, "Do you think a wife can really love a husband ? " and I said, "Certainly, lam sure of it." He said, "I don't believe it. She may have some sort of regard for him, and it may be a selfish sort of feeling after all for her own comfort and satisfaction ; but I do n't believe a wife can love her husband in the highest sense of the word." Then he hesitated a moment, and he put his hands into his pocket and brought out a case, and out of the case he took an old-fashioned picture of an old-fash- ioned woman, and he looked at it very tenderly, as though he could n't bear to let it leave his hands long enough for me to look at it, and then he handed it over to me and said, "It is the loveliest face in the world; that is my mother." He said, "It takes a mother to love ; my wife made up her mind that she had been deceived in me. I wasn't the man she thought I was when she married me. She took my children and left me. My mother hasn't made up her mind she has been deceived in me. If there was any sacrifice I could call upon her to make, she would do it willingly, because it is I. Suppose you commit murder ; do you think your wife is going to stand by you with pride on the scaffold ? She would make up her mind pretty quickly that she had made a mistake when she married you, and she would n't have the least Memorial Volume. 273 particle of desire to be identified with you after that ; but do you know that I might be the worst cutthroat in the world, and at last I might be brought to the scaffold for my crime, and that old lady would go into the cell with me if she could, and she would come all along the way that led to the scaffold, and she would get on the scaffold with me and put her arms around me and say, ' This is my son; this is my son.' " It does seem to me that God has given unto no man the possibilities of loving which he has given unto woman. I think a man might stand, day after day, before a congregation of tens of thousands of people, and proclaim the very gospel of God, and never approach to a tithe the influence and power that God has given into the heart and into the hands of the mother, whose heart is filled with the love for her children that God should bestow upon her. Some years ago there was a young man in an east- ern city who was living an utterly abandoned and desolute life, who was the child of Christian parents. A large portion of this congregation would recognize the name of the father in a moment, if I should men- tion it. The father had been a just father with the son, and the mother had seemed to be all that a mother could be, and yet by one of those strange freaks that we some- times see, rarely, indeed, but still occasionally, this son grew up to be one of the most utterly depraved and vicious men that there was in that great city. The father came to the place where he determined that he could do no more for his son, and he desired to command him never to come into his house again; but the mother pleaded for him, and she oblained permission to have a room set apart for him where he could come 2/4 Mills Meetings at the time he was recovering from a debauch, and be in his father's house ; and the mother said he need never look upon his father's face ; she would minister to him entirely, and she obtained permission to have such a place reserved for her son. There was one occasion when this man was recover- ing from a time of terrible dissipation, and the mother was caring for him — the only one who had access to him — and Mr. John B. Gough was visiting in that home, and the mother said to him : "I wish you would go to my son Edward; our son has come home in a very sad condition, and has been shut up for two or three days alone in his room, and I wish you would go to him and see if you can not say some v/ord to him that will appeal to him." Mr. Gough said that he thought if the mother's in- fluence would not appeal to him, it could not be that he could say anything that would. Finally he con- sented, and went upstairs into the room where this poor, miserable, degraded fellow-man was, and he said to him, "Edvvard, do you not sometimes regret terri- bly the life you are leading ?" And he said, "Indeed I do, Mr. Gough." He said, "Edward, why do you not abandon it?" He said, "I can't; I am bound hand and foot, and I will have to go on in this way un til I die." And Mr. Gough said to him, " Edward, do you ever pray ?" " No," he said, " I don't believe in God, Mr. Gough; 1 do not believe in anything. " " Ed- ward," he said, "do you believe in your mother?" and oh ! what a look came over that face as he said, "Mr. Gough, that is the only thing in this world that I do believe in — my mother!" "Edward," said Mr. Gough, " do you think your mother loves you ?" And Memorial Volume. 275 he said, " I am sure of it. " Then he said, " You be- Heve in love, do n't you ? You beHeve there is at least one vlori.in Cliiir. Ii R];\-. H. C. I.VMAX. Pastor of Immanuel Baptist Church Rli\'. -M 1.1 Sdl RI) I'astor of Christie Chapel M. E. Chun h ki, \ J i >.MITH. Pastor ( oveuauter Rt-rnrnud Prclis Icri Churrh. Memorial Volume. 291 Rev Dr. Ince : "May the name of Jesus be ex- alted. I am grateful that we have been thoroughly- revived. " Rev. Hugh Gilchrist: " It was a great outpouring of the Spirit." Rev. David McKinney: "I have reason to be thankful for the neighborhood prayer-meetings and the outside influence." One minister said: "This morning the prayer meeting went alone. It needed no assistance from me." Rev. Dr. G. K. Morris : "I have a thought for the future. It will be one army under one leader. So far we have only been drilling, but now we are getting together." Rev. Dr. Nippert: " Thank God, the revival has reached the German churches." Rev. Dr. Marley, of Wyoming: "The Spirit of the Lord has reached the suburbs." The hymn was sung: "Like a Mighty Army Works the Church of God." Rev. J. F. Patton : "My church was on the verge of extinction, but now our meetings are crowded." Rev. A. M. Dawson: "This is the glorious result of united effort, but my personal blessing was the great- est of all." Rev. G. Fritz, of the United Brethren Church: "I feel like shouting alleluiah." Rev. Dr. J. Z. Tyler: " I am thankful for the quick, ened spirit in my church, and the benefit in my own heart." Rev. Sylvester Meeks : "It appears to me I see the bells on the horses as they are described in the Scrip- 292 Mills Meetings tures. God is directing our mechanical arts as well as our ministerial life." Rev. D. C. Washburn: " Columbia has been swept by the revival." The hymn, "Sound, Sound the Truth," was sung by the choir and congregation. Mr. Mills now began the service. Said he: "It was in the time of great exultation that Jesus spoke the works of the chapter I shall read." And he read from Luke xxii. 31 : "And the lyOrd said, Simon, behold Satan hath desired thee." He also read from Mark xvi., relating the history of the tidings of the resurrection of Christ. Said the evangelist: " A day of this sort would not be complete unless Mr. Greenwood sang for us * Christ Arose.'" Mr. Greenwood sang the solo, and was joined by the congregation in the chorus. At its close the evangelist's face was beaming with smiles, and he said: "It appears to me I would like to keep on singing that." After a few announcements he continued: "Let this be a day entirely consecrated to God. Let us go out into the highways and hedges, and constrain people to come to Christ." The hymn, "Loving Kindness," was sung by the congregation. He announced his text, Mark xvi., por- tion of seventh verse: "And Peter." We give a sten- ographic report of this sermon. SERMON BY MR. MILLS. Text: "And Peter." — Mark xvi. 7. There is one thing about my text this morning that will recommend it, and that is that you will easily Memorial Volume. 293 remember it. It is composed of two words ; they are botli little words, but at the same time they are very im- portant. They are found in the sixteenth chapter of Mark, a portion of the seventh verse: "And Peter." If it were "but Peter," or "except Peter," it would be easier to understand ; or if some other name had been used, that of John or of James, we might under- stand it. For this was the first message sent to any- body by Jesus after his resurrection. He said, "But go your way, tell his disciples and Peter that He will see them again." Very early in the morning Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and an- other, had gone to the rough hewn tomb, and when they had arrived they wondered how they would roll away the great stone from the door of the sepulcher. But they found it rolled away. And as they entered they saw a young man clothed in a long white garment, and they were afraid. But he said unto them, "Be not frightened ; Jesus is arisen. Go tell his disciples and Peter." There is no character in history that gives me so much comfort as that of Peter. For when I think of this man, of his natural characteristics, his sublime opportunity ; and then remember that he cast all of those opportunities away in his distress, I feel like say- ing, "Who of us shall stand?" Here was a man of great decision of character ; here was a man who had left everything to be a dis- ciple of Jesus Christ ; here was a man who had been with Jesus when the heavens opened, and had heard the Father say, "This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased." You might think that if any one had an indestructible faith in Jesus Christ, he would 294 Mills Meetings have it. And yet he fell. I feel as though the heart of man were good, that it ought not to be discouraged. But when I remember that the heart of man is desper- ately wicked, I begin to doubt whether any man can stand erect and gain the victory. And then when I remember the rest of the mes- sage, how magnificently he was restored, how his sins seemed to be washed away ; when I remember how he stood and charged home upon the destroyers of Jesus Christ the terrible crime they had committed ; how he was at last willing to give himself unto death for the Lord Jesus ; and when I remember that he said at last* "Let me die head downward, because lam not worthy to die as my master did ;" when I remember all these things I say, "There is hope for me, there is hope for you, my brethren, in the story of Peter. " And Peter." Peter did not fall at once. In the first place, he was self-confident. So long as a man has any confidence in himself, he is bound to fall. Peter was dependent upon himself, and pride always goeth before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall. And then when Jesus was arrested, Peter followed him afar off. He was still following. If any one had said, "This man was one of his followers," I do not think that he would have denied Him. But when they went into the house where they were to have the mock trial, Peter went also. John, as he stood at the door- way, when he saw Peter, asked the maiden at the entrance to let him in, and she did so. I am inclined to think that inside of the house there may have been two large rooms. In one of them was the Lord Jesus and his faithful followers, and in the other were some of the soldiers and servants of the high priest ; and when Memorial Volume. 295 Peter came in he took in the situation at a glance. Here was Jesus, and if he ever needed a loyal follower, he needed him then ; but Peter went and sat among the enemies of Jesus, and warmed himself at the fire. Then he was near to falling. I do not think that a man can sit down among the enemies of Jesus Christ and be distinguished from them. And there came one of the maids of the high priest, and when she saw Peter, she said, " Here, this man was also with him." And he said, " Woman, I know him not." And after a little while a man saw him and said, "This man was in the garden with him;" and Peter replied, " I was not." And a third time Peter denied his Master. Then the cock crew, and Peter went out and wept bitterly. Four thoughts are suggested by the story of the de- nial and restoration of Peter. In the first place the Lord never forgets his unfaithful disciples. We read that there will be a time when God will forget our sins, but there never comes a time when God forgets his un- faithful followers. He does not say to Mary that he will as a reward see John and James, but he says, " Go and tell Peter that I will see him." It is the old story of the prodigal son. " Though I forget Him and wander away, Still he doth love me wherever I stray ; Back to his dear, loving arms I would flee When I remember that Jesus loves me. Oft have I felt my sinful heart, Prone from my Saviour to depart ; But though I oft have him forgot, His loving kindness changes not." 296 Mills Meetings I know of a man who invited a minister to go home with him one night to supper. When they went into the beautiful dweUing house he said to the clergyman : "You are the first person I have invited to break bread with me for seventeen years. I have an imbecile son, and I endeavor to treat him just as though he had full possession of his mind. "I have been afraid that if I should invite any one here he would be embarrassed, but I have felt from what you have said in your sermons that he would not mind you." Then they went down into the dining- room, and there at a chair at the table was the imbecile son. The meal passed off quietly, and afterwards in another room, when the two gentlemen were convers- ing about the boy's case, the father remarked that he had not been born so. "When he was young," said the father, " he had a terrible fever, and when he had recovered his physical well-being, it was found that he had lost his mind ; and thus he has been for seventeen years." The minister replied, " What a blessed thing it would have been if God could have taken him away when he was young." " Oh, you could not have said anything that would pain me as that does. He is my son," answered the father. Such is the tender, un- selfish love of the great Father. In the second place, he takes great pains to assure people of his love. There are many books written for the backslider — Hosea, Amos, much of the Psalms and others were written that God might say, ' ' Return unto me, and I will return unto you." The story of the prodigal son, the tenderest and most helpful words that God ever uttered, has its first application to those that have been in the Father's Memorial Volume. 297 house, and then have wandered off into a far country. John and James did not need to be assured of His love, but Peter — how did he feel when Jesus lay in the sepulcher? I have tried to imagine his feelings, and have failed. It was a sad time for all of the disciples. We read that thus far the disciples had not understood the saying that Jesus should arise from the dead. When the great darkness came on the world at the time of the crucifix- ion there was a deeper darkness that fell upon the hearts of the disciples. They felt that everything was at an end; they hardly knew what to say. It seemed to them that the one in whom they had trusted had been overcome by the power of God. It was very hard for all of them, but infinitely harder for Peter. They could comfort one another, but Peter had no one to love him, no one to speak a kind word to him. The enemies of Jesus had turned him out, and the friends of Jesus would have nothing to do with him. I can imagine that he walked those streets, a poor, disheart- ened, discouraged man. The disciples may have been gathered in that upper chamber ; they may have been speaking about the events of the last few days ; they may have talked about the coming out of the band of soldiers to arrest Jesus, or they may have been bitterly talking about Judas. Judas — he had destroyed himself. There was no question about excommunicating him. And then they said: "Peter denied Jesus three times." What should they do with him. " Pass a resolution of censure," one may have said. "I never thought that any good would come out of Peter," another may have exclaimed, "I thought that Peter, " continued a third. 298 Mills Meetings "was a good man until that time when he tried to walk on the water and went down ; I said then, ' I will keep my eye on him. My friend, some day you will go down and never come up.'" A fourth may have said, "I believed in him until this moment, but now I must, give him up." And Andrew? What could he say? He could only stand silent while they said unkind things about his brother. And Peter ? He might have gone out to the place of the crucifixion and stood under the cross, and then have gone about wandering from place to place in search of light and comfort. And last, turning to his last resort, he comes to the room where the disciples were gathered. He drags his heavy feet up the stairway, pauses a moment at the door, and goes in. Oh, what a cold atmosphere was there ! How the friends of Jesus draw back from him as he enters. And then he turns and goes out again into the world where he has no friends, and no possi- bility ot sympathy. Then suddenly another hand is laid up on the latch, and a woman comes rushing in crying, "Jesus has risen. He will see you all again. And, Peter, He wants to see you.' " How joyful the change. Down the stairs he rushed, and the first man that went into the tomb was this dis- ciple who had denied the Lord. I knew of a boy who went away from home, saying, " I do not know when I shall return ; watch for me." For eleven years the old man went to every train, until at last the son came, and the aged father, with outstretched hands, exclaimed, " He has come." In the third place, Jesus easily forgives his unfaith- ful disciples when they are truly penitent. Like the father that forgives his children ! Like the father that Memorial Volume. 299 knew his son when me was a long way off, and ran to the young man, in rags though he was, and fell upon his neck and kissed him. And the son said unto him, "Father, father, I have sinned against heaven and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son." But the father said: "This is my son. This my son was dead, and is alive again ; and was lost, and is found." Likewise there is joy among the angels of God over one soul that repenteth. Like that father that waited for the battle to end, and when victory came felt no joy over it. "Is the young man Absalom safe?" And then when they told him that Absalom was dead, he exclaimed, "O my son Absalom ! would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son." And then, in the last place, the Lord Jesus uses His restored followers in His service. He used Peter at once. I sometimes wonder why Peter preached the sermon on the day of Pentecost. I no longer wonder. Every one can not say with Peter, " You did not know him, but I knew him." He could say, "I have lacer- ated His heart, and He has forgiven me." Oh, there are those who are waiting for the love of human hearts, and the help of human hands. You did not think that the man that had been converted would stand. Well, h:^ did not. But he might have stood if you had helped him. The unbeliever went back to the world, but if you had helped him he might have entered the Kingdom. They are not with us to-day. Oh, in God's name, go tell Peter that He wants to see him again. And Peter! If you are here this morning, I wish to convey to you a message. O prodigal child, come home ! 300 Mills Meetings In the afternoon, Mr. Mills spoke to seven thou- sand people from the text "We stumble at noonday as in the night" (Isaiah ix. lo). These words, he said, were true of the people in the day they were uttered ; and are true of the people to-day who do not come up to the full measure of their opportunity. The people of this city never had such an opportunity for turning to God, yet some are stumbling at noonday as in the night. At the judgment day there will be no excuse for those who have witnessed these things and do not repent. The text applies to those to whom God's love has been especially manifested, and who have made no response. They have been saved when near death, spared from great trouble, and afflictions, but have been indifferent to the calls of mercy. The person who turns away from Christ exhibits great baseness, because he knows the story of the Saviour's love. The text applies again to those people who cherish a secret hope of salvation through Christ, but are not willing to confess Him, It applies to the church members only partly consecrated to God. It applies to Christians who are not con- cerned about the salvation of their friends. This is the opportunity to have friends brought to Christ. Small Christians stumble in the light as in the days of dark- ness ? The text applies to those who are not yet ' Christians. Mr. Mills spoke with great force of the opportunity given to the young to be saved. Some were surprised because he had said that two-thirds of those who be- come Christians are converted before they are twenty. Upon the actual count made by the evangelist, he ascertained that in the congregation there were three thousand who had become Christians before the age of Kl',\. T. 1'. COWUKX. I'aNtnr i.f N ..rk Street M . K. Chiirrh. REV. J. M. SIMOXTOX. stiir tif riiinl I'li-vlvifrian Lhiin li i RP:V. I). .McKlXXEV. Pastor of First Reformed I'resliyteriar Church REV. J. W. MAGRUDER. Pastor of Camp Washington M. E. (_ hiirch. Memorial Volume. 301 twenty, about three hundred who had been saved be- tween the ages of twenty and thirty ; fifty between the ages of thirty and forty ; ten between the ages of forty and fifty ; five between fifty and sixty, and three who had passed their sixtieth year. The evening service called out a congregation tliat filled the great hall. The service of song was unusually fine, the choir seemingly in perfect harmony with the leader, and he in prayerful unison with the Spirit of God. After brief prayers, Mr. Mills preached an unusually strong sermon on the unpardonable sin, from the text, "Therefore they can not believe " (John xii. 39). The day closed with an after-meeting, in which the Spirit of God called many from their sins, and with prayerful hearts the great congregation separated, per- haps never to meet again under such auspices. From all sides came the thought that hearts had been purified, souls elevated, men and women saved for an eternity of peace by the day of prayer. THE CLOSING DAY. From Wednesday, the Day of Prayer, to the close, all the meetings were well attended, filling Music Hall at each service. The closing day will never be forgotten by those who were present at any of the services, and many en- tered the Kingdom of'God on this, the last opportun- ity of the revival. Mr. Mills preached four times, and the congregations were sufficiently different to test the most versatile of speakers. 302 Mills Meetings at the house of refuge. At 9:45 A. M. he was seated on the platform in the chapel at the House of Refuge, watching the squads of boys and girls filing quietly in to their seats. A few minutes later, after the three hundred and fifty boys and girls in regulation garb had all been seated, and tier above tier of little shaven heads rose as one, casting "his eye towards the back of the room, Superintendent Levi S. Fulton gave out the hymn, "Seeking to Save. " The singing showed that the inmates are very carefully trained, for it was clear and loud and in perfect time. Mr. H. Thane Miller led in prayer, and three hun- dred and fifty heads were bowed, each boy resting his head upon his right hand. Mr. Greenwood sang "Where is My Wandering Boy To-night?" and his tender words touched some of the older boys visibly. One little fellow sobbed as though his heart was break- ing, until the boys caught up the chorus, at the invita- tion of Mr. Mills, and then he forgot his sorrows in the effort to join in with the rest. Mr. Mills preached to the unfortunate little ones a tender, hopeful sermon, directing them for guidance to Him who has said, * ' Suffer little Children to come unto me." He closed with these words: " Boys, I want to tell you that God can make you whiter than snow, and He will commence right away if you will let Him. You may die to-morrow and go right into His presence, and so you had better begin now. Or you may not die for a long time. I am not so much afraid of your dying as of your getting hard hearts. There are many people who have bodies that are alive, but hearts that are dead. I don't think that I shall ever forget this Memorial Volume. 303 visit. I would rather see you all become Christians than any congregation I have addressed. Will you do it, girls?" Mr. Mills looked suddenly up to the gal- lery where the girls were seated when he said this, and was rather startled to have them all reply as with one voice, "Yes, sir." At the request to stand up as an indication of a wish to become Christians, every boy and girl of the three hundred and fifty responded. Mr. Mills then told them that if they should ever be in any city where he was working he would be glad to have them come up and tell him that they had been Christians ever since the day he spoke at the House of Refuge. Such things are by no means rare in Mr. Mills' experience. AT THE WORK HOUSE. A few minutes later, and Mr. Mills was facing a very different audience at the Work House. In the sea of countenances fronting the platform there were five hundred and sixty-three faces of all types of brutality and vice. There was but one good face among all of the upturned countenances, and the mental attitudes of the listeners, as thus plainly evidenced, ranged all the way from that of indifference to that of bitter hos- tility. Mr. Mills and his congregation afforded a bet- ter study on this occassion than at any other gathering in the present series of meetings. The revivalist has at no time made such a successful assault upon the emotions of his auditors under such unfavorable con- ditions. Judge Moses F. Wilson and Major Morgan sat on either side of Mr. Mills. General Secretary G. T. Howser, of the Y. M. C. A., made a short address. Dr. J. J. Francis led in 304 Mills Meetings prayer. Mr. Greenwood then sang "What Shal Ithe Harvest Be?" Mr. Mills read from the fifty-first Psalm. This Psalm he termed a prayer, and declared that it was written by one of the best men that ever lived, who was at the same time one of the very worst. David was very wicked, and he became very good. He cov- eted his neighbor's wife, and killed his neighbor in or- der that he might obtain her. And this was his prayer for forgiveness: " Cleanse me from my sins." "Men and women, that is what we want. God does not whitewash a man, but He washes him thoroughly un- til he is pure. During the last few weeks there have been something like eight thousand people who have come to Christ in the great city outside of these walls. One man recently discharged from this institution is of that number. I want you to sing with Mr. Green- wood the song, 'Pass Me Not, O Gentle Saviour,' and as you sing the words, think about their meaning." The singing was participated in by the prisoners. The colored men sang with great heartiness. Mr. Mills then began to speak from the words of Psalm xxxviii. i8 : "I will be sorry for my sin." He plead earnestly with these men whose sinful life had separated them from their fellow-men. About one hundred and twenty-five responded to his invitation to signify by rising, their desire to lead better lives. AFTERNOON SERVICE. The crowd began to gather at 12 m. for the after- noon service, which was to be a sermon to those who had signed cards, and had indicated during the revival their desire to turn irom their former life, and for those who were still unsaved, Rp;V. Iv. ARMSTROXC; IXCI" r.Tstor of Mt. Aiilnini liapllst Cluir. Kl'A'. J. W. i'lv'l'J'KS. I'a-tor ..f Avniulale M. K. C'lii o.sCAk SWIvI'.W. I':^^tOl■ cif l.asUTii A\cinie ( liristi;i Cliuicli. Ri",\'. joHx oirrciix. or of Mt. Aiiliurn Geriiiaii M.E. Church. Memorial Volume. 305 The great chorus began to gather very soon after 12, and at 2 o'clock one thousand singers filled the platform. On the arrival of Mr. Lawrence B. Green- wood, he was very much surprised by the presentation of a fine gold watch as a souvenir of the respect and love of the choir. The presentation was made by Mr. E. Shipley with a few timely remarks in which he alluded to the words so often used by Mr. Greenwood, " Take the time right from my hand." On the inside of the back is the inscription: "Presented to Mr. Lawrence B. Greenwood by the Music Hall Revival Chorus, March, 1892." Mr. Greenwood was somewhat overcome, but mod- estly expressed his thanks, saying he would hardly know what to do in the future without the assistance of the choir. In nine minutes by the watch every seat in the Music Hall was filled for the afternoon service, and the doors were opened a full hour before the service. The choir, led by Mr. Greenwood, never sang so well, entering into the spirit of song with a fervor that impressed all who had the pleasure of hearing them. " It is Well with my Soul," " A Shelter in a Time of Storm," "Glory to God," and many others were rendered as only a great choir of one thousand voices, under the direction of a man v^^ho has striven not so much for artistic effect as for that pathos and tender- ness that makes a Gospel song at once a song and a benediction, could render them. Few men could have done what Mr. Greenwood did in the management of so large a body of singers. He could not have done it had it been for any other occa- sion than the worship of God. But in this great choir 3o6 Mills Meetings were hundreds of consecrated men and women who loved to sing the songs of peace, and who set aside all personal matters to be present at these meetings. God only knows how many souls have been brought to a knowledge of sinfulness and into the kingdom by the sweetness and power of the songs of this great volunteer choir. After prayer by Rev. Dr. Curtis, Mr. Mills took for his text: "And we came to Kadesh-Barnea, " (Deut i. 19), and from this text preached a last appeal to those out of Christ. The responses were many, and the gleanings of the last day added many souls to the kingdom. After an interval only long enough to allow the ushers and sing- ers to get a light lunch, the doors were again opened, and the hall filled to its utmost limit in a few moments. FAREWELL SERVICE. Thousands went away. The Odeon, which had been opened, was filled with a congregation who listened to an eloquent sermon by the Rev. Johnston Myers, of the Ninth street Baptist Church, and here some seventy rose for prayers. The sight at Music Hall was impressive ; the mass of faces filled every inch of room in the auditorium and balconies, and looked into the faces of twelve hundred more on the platform. The aisles were filled in spite of the efforts of the ushers to reserve the two on the sides, and when the audience rose to join in the songs the scene was indescribable. On the platform in front of the choir sat the pas- tors of the churches who had worked for weeks in the revival, and with them their wives. Many prominent Memorial Volume. 307 laymen were also present. Of the pastors present the following were recognized : Rev. J. W. Peters, Rev. W. H. Warren, Rev, John J. Francis, Rev. B, C. Ly- man, Rev. D. McKinney, Rev. E. S. Lewis, Rev. Geo. K. Morris, Rev. R. S. Rust, Rev. John W. Shorten, Rev. M. LeSourd, Rev. J. M. Soburn, Rev. A. B. Riggs, Rev. H. Liebhart, Rev. John Pearson, Mr. George Howser, Rev. E. A. Ince, Rev. Henry M. Curtis, Rev. A. Judson Sage, Rev. W. McKibbin, Rev, J. W. Simpson, Rev. P. Robertson, Rev. F. C. Monfort, Rev. E. D Morris, Rev. S. M. Chesney, Rev. W. C. Bradford, Rev. A. M. Dawson, Rev. L. L. Overman, Rev. W, B. Irwin, Rev, C, J, Tannar, Rev. J. Ferris Patton, Rev. Jos. C. W. Gernel, Rev. J. E. Bailey, Rev. W. E. Loucks, Rev. John Oetjen, Rev, J. C. Irwin, Rev. D. C. Washburn, Rev. J. C. Hartzell, Rev. W. C. Payne, Rev. Oscar Sweeney, Rev. C. O. Shirey, Rev. Frank GranstafC Rev. J. Z. Tyler, Rev, J, M, Anderson, Rev. J. W. Magruder, and Rev, D. J, Starr. Mr, Mills was at his best, and smiled as only he can smile, as he glanced over the great congregation. After Mr. Greenwood sang " Throw Out the Life Line " for the last time, and eight thousand voices joined in the now familiar chorus, prayers were offered by leading divines. Mr. Mills announced his text : "Finally, brethren, farewell; be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace, and the God of love and peace shall be with you " (II, Cor, xiii.) He spoke with unusual tenderness, rising at times to eloquence, in which were voiced his strong convictions against certain lines of business, and forms of so-called amusements. 308 Mills Meetings The congregation listened with attention, breaking occasionally into the applause that had been restrained for weeks and which now accented the harmony of the Christian people with the principles he advanced. Brief extracts from his sermon will serve to recall to those who heard that portion which lack of ^ace forbids publishing. There is just one way to get at the truth of God's word, and that is to go at it earnestly. To study it with a desire and a willingness to do as the light comes to you, and to pray for divine guidance. There are three ways of prayer. All men pray oc- casionally. One of the professed infidels in a storm at sea went down on his knees in an agony of prayer. Take any man in difficulty and affliction, and he will pray. I do not criticise this, for it is right, but pray at oth^r times also. You should pray habitually. Daniel w^as a good man, and he prayed three times a day. You can take a little time at noon, as well as at home in the morning and evening. The best way to pray is unceasingly. Our Catholic friends speak of offering up the deeds to God, and that is what I mean — that all men should pray unceasingly. Implicit obedience is a way of getting light from the Bible. Then men ask what we shall do about questionable things. If you do things that 3'ou believe are right, if they are wrong, the responsibility rests with God. Most things that people call questionable are wrong. They ask, Is it right to read Sunday pa- pers ? To dance ? To go to the theaters ? To mark home-made goods as foreign ? It is always wrong to do those things which are not right. It is never right to do wrong. In connection with many of these things, Memorial Volume. 309 they are wrong in themselves. There are theaters that are utterly demoralizing. There are some bills repre- senting the show that are wrong, cursed in themselves, and there is a condemnation on your mayor and your city council ; there is a condemnation of your people for allowing it. While I have no doubt that there are iriany pure people on the stage, yet it has been my ex- perience as a man living in the hotels, that the atmo- sphere is filthy. You are lending your influence to its perpetuation. Can you judge from these immodest bills how much immodesty you are to see inside? There is a kind of card-playing that prompts the feeling within of getting something by some other means than by toil. It arouses the spirit of gambling. If the children are brought up under the influence of what seems to you a trifling matter, you must not com- plain if it inspires in them a spirit that ultimately leads them to a gambler's life. There is a kind of dancing that is wrong in itself. There is no body of men cleaner and purer than these ministers gathered around me now, and I will venture to say that you would not allow any of them to sit by the side of your wife or your daughter in the attitude that at every ball, men whom you know to be impure are sure to do. That you see and make no complaint. If one of these ministers would do such a thing you would stop him in rage. If you killed him, the jury would acquit you, and you know it. A young lady told me that she danced with only the most respectable young men. She named some of them to me. I took the trouble to inquire about them, and I found that these young men were among the vilest, most lecherous scoundrels in your city. 3IO Mills Meetings I was driving with one of your young people a short time ago, and she pointed out to me the homes of many of the wealthy citizens, where the young men of society live. I will venture to say that there is hardly a young man in these houses who has not fre- quented some of the vilest haunts of your city, and whose associates, at times, are sickening A Catholic priest once told me that the secrets of the confessional revealed that nearly all of the fallen women went victims of the round dance — the dance of the balls that people patronize. [There was generous applause at these assaults]. I am glad you like it. There are kinds of amusements that are question- able. Never say that I said they were right. There are things that seem pure, but perhaps are not. If there is any doubt about it, do n't do it It is a sin to do anything by which your brother stumbles, and if anything of this kind lays a stumbling block in his way, don't do it. Surrender first, and get your instruction afterward. That one only is safe who says : "I have no will. I want what God wants." I have heard people say that this was a question for each person to decide for him- self. That is not true. The judgment will be biased. It must be decided by the light which God gives you. There are people who say that a thing is all right if they have Jesus with them. That is right so far. If the Lord Jesus is going to a dance to-night, and wants me to go along, I'm going, if it 's in hell's deepest hole. But let Him lead. Do n't go, dragging Jesus after you. I have not told you my own views on these sub- jects, but I will speak it out. I don't dance. I want Memorial Volume. 311 to tell you that I have as much right to as any of you. I have felt much like it after some of these meetings. You may say that I am a minister, but ministers have a right to do what you have. Will you relegate to any one the right to be a higher example in anything than you ? I am ashamed to say that I know about these things to-night from past experience. Rather now than do one of these things, I would prefer to eat my meals of sawdust. Do n't try to see how little and poor a Christian you can be, but see how big a one you can be. Then there is exercise. The converted man always joins the church. I have heard some men say that some men can get along without the church. I don't believe that any man can. You want to join the church that God sends you, that needs you the most, where you can do the most good. Get where they are saving souls. Join the church ; don't join the meeting-house ; do n't join the minister. I have known some men who joined the evangelist. You can not lean on these things ; you can lean on the church. Join it for eternity. Where did we get the idea of going to eternity on a train ? Some of us want easy berths, cushioned seats, and when we get to the gates Peter is to be there to wake us up and call us out to change cars. The idea is wrong. There is no such train. We must march on, and bring others with us. Now, I want to say something for those who have come into the kingdom. My brother and I shall go away blessing you to-night. We feel like saying that we could not love people more on earth to-night than we do these people we have worked with. We are going away joyful for the good that has come. We 312 Mills Meetings are going away sorrowing for those who have not come. We thank you for your prayers, your kindness, your money, and for everything you have done, and we say that we have been seeking not yours, but you. I want to say something for those who have not come in. Must you be left out ? Shall you go out of that door and say, ' * I am not saved ? " In the eleventh hour will you not come in ? Men have said that the day after these meetings closed they will be Christians. At Germantown a young man went out of our meetings saying this, and the next day he went skating and was drowned. In his pocket was found one of these cards, "I desire henceforth to lead a Christian life." Beside it was a sharpened lead-pencil ; but the card was un- signed. I want to ask you for the last time, those who will try to lead a Christian life, whether you have signed the card or not ? I want them to rise while I ask blessing and pronounce benediction. At the close of the preaching service, Mr. Mills retired from the platform, and Dr. G. K. Morris, of St. Paul's M. E. Church, took charge of the remaining exercises, which were all of a farewell nature. Rev. J. W. Simpson, D. D., the chairman of the Executive Committee, to whom this duty naturally fell, was not able to assume the responsibilities of the post, on ac- count of a very severe cold. Dr. Morris said: "I have been asked to say a few words before introducing the gentlemen who are to speak the appropriate farewell words. We have by this movement snatched from the hand of the devil his most effective weapon. More people have been kept Memorial Volume. 313 out of the church by the slander that the church does not care for the masses than in any other way. But the spectacle of seventy five ministers of differing de- nominations working heartily together for the one pur- pose of reaching the masses, effectually answers that argument. I wish to say that our churches are just as open to the people as Music Hall, and we desire to have the people pour in. We want you to come from the factories, from the homes, from the hills, and from the slums. You are all welcome. We will take care of you." Rev. G. R. Robbins said : ' ' This audience may be described as a great pendulum vibrating between a smile and a tear. I have four acknowledgments to make to Mr. Mills : Acknowledgment number i — you have been a blessing to me ; acknowledgment num- ber 2 — you have been a blessing to my church ; acknowl- edgment number 3 — you have been a blessing to our Baptist denomination, for we are numerically larger, financially stronger, and spiritually better than before your advent; acknowledgment number 4 — our round globe has been rolled nearer the cross by your efforts. You have the city ; you have gained the heads and hearts of thousands of our people. We shall miss you, but may you go on your way rejoicing." Dr. J, Pearson: "The worst thing that has ever been said of Cincinnati was in reference to the coward- ice of her Christian people. That wretched paralysis which says, "You can 't do it," in the face of a call to crush some great evil, has made us crawl before the devil and beg his pardon. We have the town. This city to-night has a heart for God and righteousness opened up to the world, when the world had supposed 314 Mills Meetings that she did not have any. It may be that this spirit will take us to the polls and primaries, and give us power to tear down the bills that indicate what nasty things are going on in our city theaters on a night like this." Rev. John Oetjen : "I speak for the Germans who have been engaged in this movement. We are exceed- ingly glad that Mr. Mills used such plain language that his message was very plain to us. He preached a plain Gospel, and the Germans could understand it. We are glad that he has laid so much stress upon the outpour- ing of the Holy Spirit. We are also exceedingly glad that the large choir was organized. We Germans are singers, and we love music. We especially enjoy sing- ing when we understand what is being sung. [Applause. ] We are glad that the voice of song has been heard for the Gospel, and feel especially grateful to Mr. Green- wood." [Applause]. Dr. Morris: "This would have been a sad occa- sion if only ministers were heard. We save ourselves by introducing our eloquent laymen." Mr. W. T. Perkins : " I feel very much like a little boy who was taken sick, and the doctor asked him how he felt. ' Well, doctor, I feel a good deal bigger in- side than I do outside. ' I have a great deal more in me to say than I have time or language in which to express it. It does not take a business man a moment to decide whether a proposition is a safe one or not. I believe that the thousands of business men sense the Mills' movement as one that elevates morality and promotes orderly living. We are to-night in a hall that has been consecrated to mechanical arts and to song. To-day we have added to these consecrations that richer and brighter consecration, the consecration - I«* ^ KK\'. P. ROHKKTSO.X. 'astor ol" Mohawk Presbj-lerian Chapel. RKV. J. K. r.AILKY. i'aslur of (Jrace Melhodi.>-t Protcsl:uU Clnu-ch. REA'. J. \V. SHORT]':X. Pastnr of MrMickcn M. K Clliurrh. REV. S. B. TOniOXS. Pastnr of Plvmouth t'oiigregatioiial (liiirrh. Memorial Volume. 315 to that pure and undefiled religion of Jesus Christ. Henceforth as we sit in this hall we shall hear the echo of the sweet gospel songs. In coming years thou- sands shall look back to this sacred place and say, ' Lo it was there that I was born into the Kingdom of Jesus Christ.' "I know that you wish to push forward to shake hands with these brothers, but you can not on account of your number, so I will ask you to shake your handkerchiefs." The audience here gave the Chautauqua salute by waving handkerchiefs, and no more beautiful sight could be imagined. The vast auditorium was filled with fluttering handkerchiefs, which hid for a moment the faces of the congregation. This salute was prema- ture, and was repeated with great accompanying ap- plause at the close of the meeting. The following reso- lutions were then read by Rev. E. K. Bell, on behalf of the Christian workers : PARTING RESOLUTIONS. " Resolved, That we, the people of Cincinnati, assembled in Music Hall, Sabbath evening, March 6, take this oppor- tunity of testifying that priceless blessings have come to us through the noble, whole-hearted and conspicuoiislj' unselfish labors of Rev. B. Fay Mills and Mr. Lawrence T. Greenwood. Through their winsome and powerful presentations of the Gospel, both in sermon and song, we have seen Christians revived and lifted to higher planes of duty and service, and have, with hearts thrilling with joy, beheld thousands coming to Christ. For a quickened church and a deepened consecra- tion, for the moral tone which has been added to the city's life — above all, for multitudes redeemed by the blood of the Son of God — we do offer to our brothers the tribute of our sincerest love; and to God the glorj-. We heartily bid them 3i6 Mills Meetings God speed ; will pray for their greatest usefulness in the Master's service, and will try to prove our gratitude by a greater loyalty to Him whose we are, and whom we serve. " We can not, dear friends, allow this magnificent meet- ing, the fitting ending of the most spiritual movement ever undertaken and carried forward in our city, to come to a close without expressing our profound gratitude, first of all for the faithful and efiicient service rendered by our splendid choir. Their coming together night after night for weeks, and in many cases at great personal sacrifice, to sing the Gospel into human hearts has deeply moved us, and we are sure that it has impressed upon the entire city the fact that the finest chorus choir ever gathered in Cincinnati has been gathered for a distinctively Christian purpose, and for the advance- ment of the cause of God in the salvation of men. May the joy of Christ abide in them richly, helping them to continue their blessed service of sacred song until they are called to take part in the yet grander praise around God's throne. " Not less deep and hearty is our gratitude for the noble and valuable services of our faithful ushers. Their chief has been enthusiastic and thoroughly efiicient ; his associates have shown capacity, earnestness and devotion, while all have exhibited such consecration, loyalty to Christ and pas- sion for souls, the results of which eternity alone can reveal. On them we invoke the benediction of Heaven, and pray that until life's latest hour they may be wise and successful in winning souls for Christ. " Nor can we allow this occasion to pass without ex- pressing our deep appreciation of the interest the business men of our citj^ have taken in these meetings, and especially the consideration shown the request to observe a midweek Sabbath, on which day over three thousand business places were closed, that employes might have an opportunity to attend divine services. We believe that the Lord will be pleased to bless such public recognition of the work of Divine grace in our city, and abundantly reward them that do him honor. Memorial Volume. 317 " We desire, also, to make grateful mention of the assist- ance we have received in this work from the press of our city, both religious and secular. The power of the press we gladly acknowledge, and we are confident that the extended reports, in some cases remarkable for their accuracy, have contributed much to the success of these meetings. The service of the press we shall remember with pleasure, and shall also cherish the hope that in coming days the press of this city will prove a faithful ally of all our forces that work for God and righteousness. " To all others, whether as individuals, committees or corporations, who have extended a helping hand and have given practical expression of sympathy and cooperation, we return our sincere and hearty thanks, and believe that these helpers in the work will receive a hundred fold of compensa- tion for kindness shown or ser\'ice given. " J. W. Simpson, for Committee. " E. K. Bell, for the Pastors." These resolutions were passed by a rising vote accompanied with a second demostration with handker- chiefs. Mr. Mills then called upon Mr. Greenwood to say a few words in response to what had been said, adding that Mr. Greenwood was as good a talker as he was a singer, which was saying a good deal. Mr. Greenwood stepped to the edge of the stage and told a story of two children, the one the mother's pet, the other the neglected. The latter was coming up the steps one day when the door was closed, and the mother, thinking it was the loved otie, said : "Is that you, darling?" The little one answered : " No, mam- ma, it's only me." Among all these shining lights, my friends, I feel like saying, ' It is only me.' I con- fess I was a little frightened when I first came in here. It looked so far back to those seats. I was reminded of the farmer who came to the place, and one of your 3i8 Mills Meetings citizens, after showing him the place from all points, took him to the gallery. On looking it all over the farmer said: ' My, my, what a barn this would make!' But since then I have seen clear across it, and it do n't seem far. It has grown upon me. My heart aches to- night as T leave this place, for while I rejoice at what has been done, I grieve at what might have been done and we have been unable to do. I believe that this has been one of the greatest blessings, that while this great city can get up great choruses, you can get them up to sing for the glory of God." Mr. Mills: " I am sure that I am among you as one that serveth. I told the choir that if they would be patient they might have a chance to see my face, and you can see the back of my head [turning to choir]. I can tell you something that you will want to know. I don't expect to hear any better singing until I stand in Heaven and my own lips are unloosed. Mr. Green wood said, last night, ' There will be no preachers in Heaven,' but there will be one thing that will go, and that will be the singing. I thank God that the time will come when I too shall join the choir. God bless you, friends, and may God be with you until we meet again. "And now, friends, some one has said it is hard to say good bye. It is hard to part. It is not hard to say good by (God be with you). I want to ask that the last thing that has a touch of dross in it in this work be burned up to-night. Let the Lord say to you. Well done. But remember that He will not say it unless the work is done v/ell. My God, if it be thy will, let me stay that I may bring some soul to the Lord Jesus. Good by. May God be with PRICE HILL — vittws.^ Memorial Volume. 319 you till we meet again. Let us sing it to one another, Number 74." With the singing of this beautiful song, "God be with You till We Meet Again, " the revival under the auspices of Mr. Mills and Mr. Greenwood came to a close ; but in the hearts of all was the deep conviction that it was in the holiest sense of the word a commence ment, the ending of which shall only be seen when- all are gathered before the Master's throne, singing the hallelujahs of eternal song. SERVICE ON PRICE HILL. On Sunday morning, February 21, the only service for the united churches on Price Hill was held by Mr. Mills and Mr. Greenwood, in the Westminter Presby- terian Church, Rev. Harley J. Steward, D. D. , pastor. There were present on the platform. Rev. M. Quaile, of the Storrs Congregational Church ; Rev. P. C. Curnick, of the Price Hill M. E. Church ; Rev. S. B. Timmons, of the Plymouth Congregational Church ; Rev. J. J. Fran- cis, D. D.; and Rev. H. J. Steward, D. D., the pastor. The fine church, which Mr. Mills said was admirably adapted for such a service, was filled with a great au- dience of about nine hundred people, representing the leading families of this cultured suburb. Mr. Mills preached from the text, "One thing thou lackest," and the effect of the service was impressive and lasting. This church has not been so near to the great revival services as many others, but the spirit of revival has been felt, and the church was never so revived and hopeful as at the present time. Additions are being made to the membership at almost every service, and 320 Mills Meetings the people reached are of such a character that the additions are a permanent gain to the Church of Christ. At the service held by Mr. Mills, not less than seventy- five persons rose for prayers. REV. J. H. WALKICK, I). 1). Pastor of Collese Hill I'resbyteria fhurc h. \V. C. PAVNK. Pastor of Kersjiis Sln-i-t Clirivliaii Cliurrli. RP:\\ ]•:. R. WAUM'.K. r of St. Paul's I.iith'ran Church. RRV. P. C. Cl'R.MLK. Pastor of Price Hill M. !•:. C:hurch INCIDENTS OF THE REVIVAL. Said a prominent electric light man to one of the editors : "Incandescence is the only word that will de- scribe the spirit of this work. Incandescence — a steady- glow — lighting up many difficult points in theology and holy living." One of the most beautiful incidents in the revival occurred during the service at the Bethel. Mr. Mills, turning to H. Thane Miller, said : "Mr. Miller, can a blind man see Christ?" The kindly face was aglow with the inward sight of the beauty of the Christ, as he said : " Indeed he can." One of the most remarkable conversions was that of a gripman on the Martin cable. For years he had been addicted to the use of great profanity. One evening he rose for prayers ; that night Mr. Mills spent until midnight praying with him. A day or two later he spoke at the noon-day prayer-meeting, and gave one of the best testimonies of the power of Christ to save given during the revival. "The man who said, 'The mills of the gods grind slowly,' did not know all the Mills."— W. T. Perkins, at the banquet. On Friday, 1 1 a. m. , at the First Presbyterian Church, a meeting was held to consider the best means 321 322 Mills Meetings of continuing this work. The church was filled. The remarks made and advice given are practically compre- hended in the report of the Ministers' Meeting. " Have you enjoyed the service ? " said an usher to a young woman in hearing of one of the editors. "Enjoy it! Why, have n't you heard? John has come to Christ." A little inquiry developed the fact that John was her husband, who had been a dissipated man, and has been giving her a good deal of cause for fear. Thou- sands of incidents of this nature could be found where mothers, sisters, brothers, fathers rejoiced over the sal- vation of some loved one ; and the end is not yet. It was impressive from whatever point seen, but nothing so impressed the onlooker with the sense of the greatness of the work as the presence of the pastors on the platform ; fifty to seventy men of polish and power, culture and grasp of the things of life, all moving in perfect harmony toward the one end — the salvation of men. At the service held on Sunday evening, February 28, Mr. Mills read from a slip of newspaper the Gov- ernor's proclamation in regard to Prussian sufferers. Commenting on it, he said: " Here there are twenty million starving people : let us help them. We have never known what famine means in this country. Strong men there who have to die because they have nothing to eat. There has been no collection taken up from any of these meetings, but for this cause let us be generous. Our compassion will be the test of the Memorial Volume. 323 judgment day. If you can give five dollars without hurting you, give ten dollars and let it hurt you. Let the ushers go ahead with the collection and use their hats. If there is one who has no hat, let him borrow one and be sure to return it. Let us give heartily and liberally." Four hundred and eleven dollars were raised and sent to Washington. One woman, in testifying, said that she had lived near enough to a church to curse her. She meant that she had had many opportunities to come, and had neglected them. This time she came. The great choir had their pictures taken. Mr. Bellsmith made every effort to get a good picture, and succeeded as well as possible under the circumstances. It does not do them justice ; only a phonograph could, and that would not give the tier upon tier of earnest faces. Ushers' Banquet. The consecrated men who served as ushers will never be forgotten, although they may not receive the credit due them ; at least not on this side of the river. This feature of Mr. Mills' work is peculiar to him alone, and is repeated in every city where he works. In some places the ushers form a permanent organiza- tion. At the suggestion of Mr. Mills, ushers of other cities were invited to this city on the opening night, and a banquet was given Monday, February 22nd, by the ushers, which was also participated in by ushers 324 Mills Meetings from other cities, who were invited to be present. All the ushers present had at some time or other worked in union meetings conducted by the Rev. B. Fay Mills. Mr. Sanders, Grand Chief Usher, after a brief address, in which he said that he believed the persons titled ushers should be consecrated men, and that he hoped and believed that every one present was fully consecrated to the service of God, turned the meeting over to the Rev. Dr. J. W. Simpson, chairman of the Executive Committee of the Mills Meetings, President of the Evangelical Alliance, and also chairman of the Usher's Committee of the Walnut Hills District. Mr. Mills remarked, "This is Bishop Simpson," which was greeted with applause. Dr. Simpson : ' ' We can do nothing without we have Bro. Greenwood at our side. Somehow we can not do without him. Bro. Greenwood, come right forward. Now, dear friends, I think the first thing we want to do is to sing four lines of the grandest song we have ever had ; we want to sing the Doxology, and after that Dr. Morris will lead us in a brief prayer." After singing the Doxology, Dr. George K. Morris prayed as follows : "We thank Thee, our Father, for the great meet- ing of to-night, in the memory of which we are rejoic- ing, and in the memory of which for all eternity we shall rejoice. We thank Thee for this meeting as Thy seal upon the efforts of Christian people in this city, in their efforts to unite as one church, in one spirit, for one purpose. We can never again go back to the old way. We thank Thee for this work, work for which all Mr. Mills' life has been preparing him. We thank Memorial Volume. 325 Thee for all the silent teachings Thou hast given him. But we thank Thee yet more for this great meeting as the promise of harvests to be gathered on the morrow, and the days to follow, and the not near future. God grant to bless all who have had any part in it, all who rejoice in it, and all to whom its remotest influences will come. But just now we pray Thy blessing upon the consecrated men who have turned aside from their business, and given their time to serve Christ. May they at this time find themselves nearer to Christ than they have ever been, and may they be just a little closer to-morrow, and may all the world know it and see it and hear it. " And, we thank Thee for the members from other places. We pray that God may get closer to them. "Now, in what follows, preside, and send us away with Thy rich blessing through all time and all eternity, for Thy name's sake. Amen." After a song. Dr. Simpson got upon a chair and spoke as follows : "I want to tell you to-night how glad I am ; that this is one of the happiest hours of my life, and in my experience the close of the greatest day I have ever known. And I want to say to friends from other cities, how glad we are to see them, and that we welcome them with all our hearts. [Applause.] We are glad to have you here, and we are glad for this illustration of the power of the Gospel of Jesus Christ to take selfish- ness out of our hearts. I want to say to-night that I welcome you not only with all my heart, but in the name, I think, of the handsomest set of men I ever knew. [Applause.] And if you do not believe it, just look around. [Applause.] And not only that, but I welcome 326 Mills Meetings you in the name of consecrated men. It is a good thing to welcome you in the name of men, but it is something infinitely better to welcome you in the name of consecrated men. "In the name of these dear brothers, who are leading us in this blessed work, we give you the great- est, best, heartiest welcome we possibly can, and we hope you will go back to your homes with the pleasant- est remembrance of your visit to Cincinnati. "We have an example here of what the religion of Jesus Christ can do for a business man, and we have here the great big, big business man from Elizabeth, N. J., Mr. Timms." Speeches were made by the following: Mr. Timms, of Elizabeth, N. J., a businessman ; Mr. A. Hunt, of Terre Haute, Ind., a florist; Mr. Rooney, railroad man, Terre Haute, Ind.; Mr. Brown, editor of the Raim's Horn, of Indianapolis. Mr. August S. Crane, editor of the Daily Journal, of Elizabeth, N. J., was with Mr. Timms, but did not speak. In all the speeches the spirit of the prayer by Dr. Morris and of the .speech of introduction by Dr. Simpson was most forcibly expressed. In fact, all seemed to think it good to be united. There were other strangers present whose names were not obtained. Mills' Farewell Banquet. A banquet was given by the ministers uniting in the Mills Meetings to the Rev. B. Fay Mills and L. B. Greenwood, Saturday evening, March 5th, 1892, at the Gibson House. Laymen were also cordially in- Memorial Volume. 327 vited, and numbers came. There were two hundred and sixty-eight present. The Rev. J. Pearson, D. D., of Mt. Auburn led in prayer, after which Mr. Greenwood led in singing "I am the Child of a King," which was greeted with great applause. After the substantial had been disposed of. Dr. J. W. Simpson took charge of the exercises, and after a very pleasant address, announced that five-minute speeches were in order. He then introduced the Rev. G. R. Robbins, pastor of the Lincoln Park Baptist Church, who spoke on the topic, ' ' Fellowship in this Movement. " The next introduced was Dr. Wm. McKibbin, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Walnut Hills. He took as a topic, " The Unifying Power of this Revival." Dr. Simpson remarked that he had great pleasure in announcing that a representative of a church which was born in a revival would speak, and introduced Dr. George K. Morris, pastor of the St. Paul's M. E. Church. His topic was, ' ' Some of the Benefits of Organization." Dr. J. Z. Tyler, pastor of the Central Christian Church, a denomination that has been about as com- pletely immersed in the Spirit as could be, and that is Christian by spirit, profession and name, spoke on "Some of the Results," and began with the quota- tion, "The Lord hath done great things for us, whereof we are glad." Dr. Simpson next introduced the Bell of Cincinnati, Dr. E. K. Bell, pastor of the First English Lutheran Church. His topic, "What of the Future?" was ably handled. Amongf other thing's he said: "There are 328 Mills Meetings two things I think make the future look bright to the churches to-night. First, we have a revived church ; and second, we enter the work with a hopeful min- istry." The next to speak was the composer of ' ' Though Your Sins be as Scarlet," Mr. W. H. Doane, of Mt. Auburn, on "The Revival in the Sunday-schools." Mr. William Hubbell Fisher next spoke a few min- utes, after which one-minute speeches were in order on the general subject of what each individual considered the "Most Characteristic Feature of the Work." The names of the one-minute speakers were as fol- lows : Dr. D. J. Starr, Jno. B. P^artin, Rev. D. C. Washburne, Dr. H. J. Steward, W. T. Perkins, Dr. S. McChesney, Dr. Taylor, Dr. J. J. Francis, Rev. P. C. Curnick, Dr. T. Pearson, Dr. J. W. Simpson. The Rev. Geo. K. Morris, D. D., moved that word be sent to Dr. Keen that he was remembered at the banquet. Carried. Dr. Simpson suggested sending a grateful greeting to Dr. Chapman and Mr. Stebbins, and it was moved by Dr. Francis that the chairman be directed to send the greeting of this body to Dr. Chapman and Mr. Stebbins either by telegraph or letter, and express to them our affectionate remembrance of their faithful services. Dr. Simpson then requested Dr. Geo. K. Morris to read the resolutions, which were adopted unani- mously. Mr. Mills got upon a chair to speak, and held out his arm, and it was quite amusing to notice that Dr. Simpson, who was standing on the floor by his side, could not pass under it. Space alone prohibits giving Memorial Volume. 329 his speech, which was interesting in the highest de- gree. Mr. Greenwood was next called on for a speech, and responded most heartily. Among other things he remarked that there is no record of a preacher having any place in heaven ; there is not a preacher there ; they are all singers ! On one occasion, at the creation, we are told that "the morning stars sang together ;" none of them preached. And there is another time when there is no record of a preacher, and that is when the heavenly Babe was born ; when the heavenly host sang. It was all singing. Also when the disciples went out to the Mount of Olives, they sang, and Jesus sang too. I would rather be a singer than anything else in the world — except — a preacher. After these speeches Mr. Mills excused himself, saying that he had not been able to get to sleep until after two o'clock for a good many nights. As illustrating his youthful appearance, Mr. Mills in his banquet speech told the following: " On one oc- casion I went to preach in a school-house in Vermont. When I arrived, there was only one old lady there. I went forward and took the seat on the platform. By and by, as the people began to come in, I saw the old lady eyeing me uneasily, and at last she tiptoed up to me, and said in aloud whisper, "Bub, that's the minis- ter's chair." Referring to the sootiness of Cincinnati, in his speech at the banquet, Mr. Mills said : "One thing I am sure of about this city of yours. They were bury- ing a man out west, without a funeral service. No 330 Mills Meetings one had anything to say about the dead man, and yet they all seemed to feel that something ought to be said, and at last one man said solemnly, ' He vas a good scHMOKER. ' So far as I know, Cincinnati leads the world in this respect. " During the meetings on Walnut Hills, a gentleman called to spend the evening with a young lady acquaint- ance, both of them belonging to the best society. He found the lady prepared to go out. She told him he would have to excuse her, as she was going to the re- vival service. The gentleman, who was inclined to make light of religious matters, attempted to banter her on '"going to church," but she quietly repeated her request to be excused. He then laughingly sug- gested that he might go along with her, as though it would be a very absurd thing. She replied that she would be pleased to have him do so. They accord- ingly went together, the gentleman in rather a scoffing mood. The result was that the truth as it was preached that night reached his heart, and at the close of the sermon this man was the first in the house to rise for prayers, and has since then come out upon the side of Christ. In a letter to the editors, Mr. William Mendenhall, among other thing, says : "It has fallen to my lot to have been close to Brother Mills in emergencies, and in the manifold de- tails of his evangelistic labors. He seemed always to have still greater resources unused. No detail was overlooked. Mr. Mills was master of the situation at every turn of the road. His shrewdness, ability, avail- Memorial Volume. 331 ability, and his estimate of the value of every service rendered, however small, were remarkable. He never underestimated any service rendered. I soon learned, however, that suggestions from myself and others were oftentimes hindrances instead of helps. Mr. Mills knows always what he wants, and if those who serve him hereafter will but do this, they will find plenty to do. He wants so much done that he has but little time to give explanations, or to answer why and wherefore is this." A Specimen of the Spirit's Work. The following letter was written by one of the con- verts, to a gentleman on Walnut Hills, with whom he had been at variance, and against whom he had brought a suit, which was pending. The letter and canceled judgment will explain themselves : U. S. Office. Feb. 28, 1892. Dfar Sir, (or shall I say Dear Brother?) — On last Satur- da}' I was seeking Christ. I heard your voice (although I saw not your face) raised in prayer and thanksgiving to Oio' Father. And now that Father commands me to write this letter. If I have ever had a bitter feeling against you, I ask 5'our forgiveness, as I trust Our Father has already forgiven me. As for the little debt. I care not whether you ever pay it or not. You may consider this a receipt in full. On Satur- day night I received that wonderful mysterious baptism which transforms us. I am one day old in Christ's Kingdom. I know yoH will welcome me as hundreds have already wel- comed. All I have and all I am is His. Thanks be unto Him for all his goodness and mercy If I should spend a week in writing I could not tell you the half He has done for 332 Mills Meetings me in this 07ie day. If I had the note here I would send it to you; but I have not got it, and God did not put it into my heart to write this until after I left home. But I am going at once to the squire's oflSce and have that judgment canceled. I remain Yours in Jesus, God moves me to add that I shall say that I shall be glad to shake your hand and look into your eyes, seeing there the light of God's glory, as I trust j'ou foAy see in mine. Civil Action vs \ Before W. F. Gass, J. P. Docket G, No. 4. The judgment in the above entitled action in favor of plaintiff is hereby satisfied in full. Sentences from Mr. Mills' Last Sermon. "The Bible is God's prepared food for his children. You will be starvelings without it." ' ' Most of the things which people call questiotiable are wrong ^ " What you need as Christians is a baptism of back- bone— to stand up against Cincinnati's aivjiil desecra- tion of the Lord's day." " If you have any doubt about it, do n't do it.'' " It is a sm to do anything by which your brother stumbleth. " "Surrender first, and get your information after- wards. Do n't say, ' Lord tell me what you want, and I will think about it,' but say, ' Lord, /want what you want. Memorial Volume. 333 "People sometimes say, 'I don't go anywhere where I can't take Jesus with me.' I don't believe in that. You let Jesus go, and then you go along. Do n't try to drag him with you wherever you want togo." "I don't dance." " Do not try to see how small d. Christian you can be, but how noble and grand and good a specimen of what the grace of God can make a man." " A converted man always joins the church. I want the reporters to get that, so I repeat it — a converted man always joins the church." " If you can get along without the church here^ you can get along without the church in eternity.'' "Join the church — not the meeting-house, nor the pastor, nor the evangelist, but the church." " Some people want to go to heaven on a through train, and some want to get in a sleeping car.^' " We have been seeking not yours, but you." " We would rather have these ten thousand souls, who have expressed a desire to become Christians, than all the wealth of Cincinnati." A prominent man on Walnut Hills gives this inci- dent: "My daughter. Marguerite, signed a card. When her teacher in the Sunday-school asked her why she, being a church-member, signed her card, she said : ' I joined the church with my sister, but now I want to join it by myself, and I want to be consecrated to God's service.' " HISTORICAL SKKTCH OF The Evangelical Alliance and Ministerial Association of Cincinnati. By D. J. Starr, D. D. The history of the great religious movement, which will be properly known as the Mills' Meetings, would not be quite complete without some further statement concerning the organization which brought Mr. Mills to Cincinnati, and under the auspices of which these meetings were held. That organization is known as the Evangelical Alli- ance and Ministerial Association of Cincinnati, and is composed of such ministers of Cincinnati and vicinity as subscribe to its constitution, which includes a doctrinal basis. It has been the lifetime of a generation since this organization was formed and started upon its eventful career. Its founders and most active members were men known to fame, and beloved in Christian circles of wide extent. The late Bishop D. W. Clark, D. D., was its early president, and the eminent Rev. W. K. Harri- son. D. D. , its first secretary. Their associates in- cluded the late Bishop Calvin Kingsley, D. D. , Rev. W. C. McCune, Rev. R. K. Maltby, Rev. C. B. Boyn- ton, D. D., Rev. W. Nast, D. D., Rev. Granville Memorial Volume, 335 Moody, D. D., Rev. C. L. Robinson, Rev. Dr. Ayde- lotte. Bishop J. M. Walden, D. D., Rev. Dr. Mon- f©rt, the professors of Lane Seminary and the Cincin- nati Wesleyan College, and the resident pastors in general. In late years Rev. Dr. Thomas Lee and Rev. Dr. A. Ritchie have rendered valuable service as secre- taries, while a long and changing line of presidents find a successor in Rev. Dr. J. W. Simpson, the pres- ent incumbent. Amongst the eminent men who have been active workers in the Association are to be included the Rev. Bishop Wm. X. Ninde, D. D., Rev. Bishop L. M. Merrill, D. D., the late Rev. Bishop Wiley, D. D., Rev. Rueben Jeffrey, D. D., Rev. W. T. Moore, D. D., Rev. C. M. Briggs, D. D., Rev. R. S. Rust, D. D., Rev. F. L. Hoyt, D. D., Rev. R. M. Hatfield, Bishop Joyce, D. D., Rev. Earl Cranscon, D. D., Rev. D. H. Moore, D. D., Rev. A. B. Leonard, D. D., Rev. Mr. Brauns, Rev. Dr. Lasher, Dr. Ridge way, Rev. Dr. Taylor, and Revs. Dr. VanCleve, Leavett, H. D. Mysore, Dr. Morrell, Geo. Beecher, Scott, Helwig, Ketcham, Leonard, and other ministers rep- resenting the Methodist Episcopal, Baptist, Protes- tant Episcopal, Old School, New School, United and Reformed Presbyterian, Congregational, Lutheran, German Reformed, and Protestant Methodist, United Brethren and Christian denominations. The present members are too well known to be named. Well do I remember with what veneration these eminent heralds of the cross were looked upon by their junior brethren, as during the dark days of the Rebellion they met in regular sessions in this border 336 Mills Meetings city, to consider the most difficult problems of patriot- ism, morals and theology. This body, soon after its organization, appointed a committee to provide a doc- trinal basis, to which all might agree. At the May meeting in 1861, Rev. W. C. McCune, Rev. Calvin Kingsley, and Rev. W. H. Harrison were constituted for that purpose. After two months' labor, they submitted their re- port. Every item of this Basis was carefully and ably discussed, until at the May meeting in 1863, thirty-five ministers voting. Bishop Clark in the chair and W. H. Harrison, Secretary, it was unanimously adopted. [This [TJu Doctrinal Basis) is too long to give in full.] Nine years later, at a meeting of the Association, the subject of the constitution was considered, and without rescinding the former, the following was adopt- ed, and is now the Doctrinal Basis of the Association, under which the Mills Meetings were held. It will be found to contain a sufficient expression of doctrine to suit any evangelical church, and its unanimous adop- tion shows the unity of the Protestant churches. On such a basis they can all stand, and stand together. CONSTITUTION OF THE EVANGELICAL MINISTERIAL ASSO- CIATION. Adopted April 8, 1872. For the purpose of promoting brotherly regard, for a full and cordial interchange of views and experiences, and for conference concerning the best methods of furthering the cause of Christ, we, the undersigned, adopt the following Constitution : REV. G. FRITZ. Pastor of United Brethren Church. RKV. C. W. RISHELI<. Faster of Ashury IVI. K. Chapel. KiiV. D. C. WASHBURN. Pastor of Columbia M. E. Church. 'if REV. E. McHl GH. Pastor of McKend.ee M. K. Chapel. [Memorial Volume. 337 Article I. — Name. This Association shall be called "The Evangelicai, Ministerial Association of Cincinnati." Article II. — Membership. Every minister in good and regular standing in his own denomination shall be recognized as a member of this Association upon his acceptance of the following statements of doctrine, namely : I. "We believe that the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments are a revelation from God, and that they are the only infallible rule of faith and duty ; that there is one living and true God, holy, eternal, spiritual, and immutable ; that in the unity of the Godhead, the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are of one nature, power, glory, and eternity. II. " We believe, therefore, in the Absolute Deity of our I/Ord Jesus Christ, and in the Personality and Deity of the Holy Spirit. III. " We believe in the fall and corruption of human nature ; in the vicarious atonement 5o8 Baptist 817 Congregational 39^ Christian 244 Lutheran 235 Bethel "4 United Brethren 88 Protestant Episcopal 9^ Roman Catholic.^, „ ^_^ ^^--^ — , ^ 67 Memorial Volume. 353 Covenanter Reformed Presbyterian 42 Methodist Protestant 43 Reformed Presbyterian 35 United Presbyterian 3^ Quakers ^2 No preference 9^6 Miscellaneous (not enumerated) 661 At distant points 208 Hamilton County 200 Swedenborgian. -- ^o Universalist " Salem Reformed Church 4 Unitarian * Total 6,246 Generals (Covington) 1 19 Generals (all other districts) 998 Miscellaneous Churches (including Newport) 73^ Distant points 208 Grand total 8,009 THE Second Presbyterian Church, although without a pastor, was among the very active churches. The church selected William Hubbel Fisher to represent it. The obligations were promptly met, and the Second Presbyterian Church has gone on record for its splendid response to all calls. The Storrs Congregational Church, and its pastor, Rev. Mr. Quaile, took an active part in the work, although, the pastor having come recently, the church was not enrolled in the Manual. We regret that this information was not received until the Manual in this volume was electrotyped, and hence too late to be inserted. REV. J. W. SIMPSON, D. D. This volume could not be regarded as complete, as a memorial, without some special reference to the man who stands at the head of the great organization, who during the entire progress of the work, was nearest to Mr. Mills, and who, by his constant supervision, his unflagging devotion and zeal, and his self-sacrificing efforts, contributed more than any one man, or probab- ly any dozen men, to the success of the movement — Rev. J. W. Simpson, D, D., pastor of the Walnut Hills Congregational Church, president of the Evangelical Alliance of Cincinnati, and chairman of the "Mills Meetings Executive Committee. " Eminently qualified in every respect for the important work which was providentially placed in his hands. Dr. Simpson dis- charged every duty of his responsible position in such a manner as not only to command the highest respect aud fullest confidence, but to win the affections of all the members of the Executive Committee, and of the entire organization of which he was the honored and trusted leader. And whilst all wish him the very best that can come to him of honor and enlarged usefulness in the Master's service, it will be a matter of genuine regret to his brethren of all denominations in this city, and to the entire Christian community, if his sense of duty should lead him to yield to the urgent calls which he is receiving to remove to another and distant field of labor. But if such should be the case, he will be followed by the good wishes and prayers of a multitude of people who have learned to know him best and love him most during the great revival of Cincinnati. 354 Satisfied. "I shall be satisfied when 1 wake with ihy likeness."— Ps. 17:15. HORATIUS BONAR. GEO. C. StEBBI.NS. :^=t=A: 1^- ^■ -#-#- ^ 1. When I shall wake in that fair moruof morns, Aft-er whose dawning 2. When 1 shall see thy glo - ry lace to face, When in thine arms thou 3 When I shall meet with those that I have loved, Clasp in my arms the 4. When I shall gaze up - on the face of him Who died for me, with nev - er night returns, And with whose glo-ry day e - ter - nal burns, wilt thy child embrace. When thou shall o - pen all thy store of grace, dearones long removed. And find how faithful thou to me hast prov'd, eye no long - er dim. And praise him with the ev - er-last-ing hymn, shall be sat I shall be 4L ^ ^ ^ is - tied, When I shall wake in When I shall :^c=ii= r ^-.e iff-^^-Sf-» » — » — •- S-?-5=^ From Gospel Hymns No. 6, by permission of The Biglow & Main Co. Satisfied. Concluded. sat - is-fied, When T shall wake in that fair morn of morns. When I shall Where will you Spend Eternity? Sung by Mr. Greenwood. Taken from Crowning Story No. 2, by permission of Peter Bilhorn, owner of Copyright. HOFFMAN- .1. H. Tenney. r N-H — — kPH ■ n I ^T^-l 1. Where will you spend e-ter - ni - ty? Thisquestion comes to you and me ! 2. Ma - ny are choosing Christ to-day, Turning from all their sinsa-way ; 8. Leaving the strait and Jiar-row way, Going the downward road to-day, 4. Re - pent, believe, this ver- y hour. Trust in the Savior's grace and pow'r. ■»- a -^ ' -m- ■0- . -^9- -0- ■0- ■0--^ ' -^ •0- -0- ■0-. ■? — 0 — I. . I, r L ! 0- ' " Tell me, what shall vour answer be? Where will you spend e-ter - ni-ty ? Heav'n shall their happv 7)ortion be. Where will you spend e-ter - ni-ty? Sad will their fi - nal end-ing be,— Lost thro' a long e-ter - ni-ty! Then will your jov-ous an - swer be, Saved thro' a long e-ter - ni-ty ' P RKFRAIN. li^ zt=^ >;-4 i -It-sir E - ter -ni-ty ' e - ter - ni - tv ' Where will you spend e - ter - ni-ty ? M. V. E - ter - ni - ty ! e - ter - ni - ty ! Lost thro' a long e - ter- ni-ty ! «/i. ■». E - ter - ni - tv ! e - ter - ni - ty ! Saved thro' a long e-ter-ni-ty! THY GIFT. A.N EASTER PRELUDE. 'BtikaUi fo Mv. Mlits anil ffir. RS COMMFTTEE. [iV. ORIGINAL EAST DISTRICT.] Rev. W. H. Warren, 34 San Rafael Building. Rev. D. C. Wash- burne, Columbia Avenue, Station C. Rev. C. O. Shirey, Mt. Adams. [V. ORIGINAL WEST DISTRICT]. Lr. J Z. Tyler, 352 West Eighth Street. Rev. P. C. Curnick, Price Hill. Rev. W.C. Payne, Cumminsville. Rev. E. R. Wagner, 17 Hop- kins Street. Rev. J. M. Simonton, 510 West Seventh Street. Mills Meetings. 13 devotional committee. [IV. ORIGINAL EAST DISTRICT.] Rev. W. H. Warren, 34 San Rafael Building. Dr. E. K. Bell, 15 Hopkins Street. Rev. W. D. Holt, 132 West Ninth Street. [v. ORIGINAL WEST DISTRICT.]^ Dr. Geo. K. Morris, 319 West Seventh Street. Dr. H. J. Steward, Price Hill. Rev. J. M. Anderson, 347 Hamilton Pike (Twenty-fifth Ward). Rev. A. D. Maddox. Tremont Street, Fairmount. Dr. J. H. Walker, College Hill. Dr. J. J. Francis, 61 Mound Street. Rev. J. W. Magruder, 574 Colerain Avenue. CANVASSERS. It has been impossible' to obtain a full list of the can- vassers in the different districts, for the reason that in some of the districts no record was kept of their names. Probably not less than five or six hundred canvassers were engaged in this grand work of house to house visitation. The following list is therefore, very incomplete. We give, however, such names as we could obtain. CANVASSING OONIMIXTEK. George T, Howser, Chairman, Y. M. C. A. Building. Rev. W. D. Holt Rev. G. R. Robbins. Rev. W. E. IvOUCKs. Dr. J. Pearson. Dr. J. I. Blackburn PARTIAL LIST OK CANVASSERS. Allen, Lizzie Anderson, Mrs. Attig, Kate Allen, Allison Boyd, Luella Bluemensteel, Laura Bishop, Mrs. R. Butler, Emma E. Buehler, Cora E, Boyd, Mrs. M. Brown, Mrs. J. F. Bentley, Mrs. W. B. Boyle, Mrs. E. S. Bivans, Nettie Bailey, Mrs. Bingham, Mrs, Bickley, Mr. Brinkman, Mas. Bald ridge, Mrs. Barrett, Mr. Blackburn, Lucy Blaisdell, Mrs. Boyd, Luella Bailey, Mrs. D. J. Capel. Mrs. Chamberlain, Mrs. Clark, Mrs. J. Culver, Neva Chapin, N. J. Coppage, Miss Davis, Ed. Dewey, James Davenport, Warren DeWitt, Mrs. W. H. Deane, Miss E. Droffton, Miss Daniels, Mrs. DeGarmo, Ida Davidson, Mrs, Geo, Ehlen, Anna Ebersole, Dr. Jacob Ebersole, Mrs. Joseph Ewing, Maggie Tbbert, Annie Fisher, Mrs. William Fleming, Mrs. C. N. Fisher, Margaret Fisher, Emily Fisher, Isabel Getz, Mrs. Garrettson, Mrs. Julia Griffith, Mrs. Gamble, Mrs. W. A. Graham, Mrs. M. Mills Meetings. 15 Gormley, Mrs. M. Groom, Bell Huntington, Mrs. C. L. F. Hewitt, Jason D. House, Mrs. M. Herron, Mrs. Wm. Hageman, Mrs. Dr. Hart, Mrs. G. P. Heitzman, Ida Howard, Anna Hinnecamp, Mrs. Hamilton, Mrs. W. C. Hill, Claude Hanauer, Maggie Ingels, George W. Janes, Mamie Jones, Mrs. J. B. James, Ida Kennedy, Jessie Kohlbrand, Cora Kauther, Mrs. Anna Kilgore, Josephine Kendall, Alice King, John Kerr, Mrs. Sarah Lawton, Mrs. E. M. Lyford, Mrs. F. L. Lindsey, Mrs. Lyon, Lina T. Eyman, Mrs. Lenning, Mrs. Leisure, Emma Loder, Pearl Martin, Libbie Moore, Herbert Merritt, Miss M. C. Montgomery, Nellie Mann, Mrs. H. P. Miller, Mrs. Edward Morgan, Mrs. Matley, Mrs. McGlassoii, Alice McAdams, Mrs. Metcalf, Miss Miller, Gussie Neeley, Mrs. T. Palmer, Mrs. C. D. Park, Mary Peter, Mrs. M. Pearce, Mary Pearce, Kate Pugh, Mahala Robson, Mrs. W. T. Reynolds, Mrs. Richenbocher, William Reeves. Mrs. James Radcliffe, Mrs. Riggs, Mamie Simrall, L. B. Stoops, Miss Schwedler, Richard Street, Mrs. S. G. Saunders, Emma Stewart, Mrs. I. N. Stewart, Gertrude Sage, Mrs. A. J. Sage, Helen Smith, Miss Sharp, Mrs. Chas. F. Smith, Oliver Sweet, Mrs. Sayers, Mr. Scherrer, Miss Upperman. Jennie Unkroft, Sophia Voightlander, Max. Van Slyck, Miss Williams, Ella Warden, Mrs. W. W. Williams, Mrs. J. P. Worcester, Mrs. A. M. Wagner, Florence Wise, Mrs. Williams, Mrs. Winters, Mrs. Wilson, Kate Winston, Mamie Wisehall, Miss Wade, Edith Young, Richard Total, 145, and many others whose names we could not obtain. USHERS. The grand company of ushers of the Mills Meetings was probably as efl&cient a body of men as were ever banded together for a similar purpose. As with the choir, the list of ushers at Music Hall was made up of the companies of i6 Manual of the district ushers combined. We have endeavored to make it as complete as possible; and if any names are omitted, the omission has been unintentional. coniniittke: on ushers. Dr. J. Z. Tyler, Chairman. Rev. W. H. Warren. Dr. J. W. Simpson. Rev. J. J. McCabe. Mr. J. D. Hearne. OROANIZATION OK USHERS. C. A. Sanders, Grand Chief Usher. CHIEF USHERS. J. L. KoRN, Auditorium. A. M. Worcester, Balcony. T. M. WoRCEvSTER, Gallery. E. E. Shipley, Platform, ASSISTANT chief USHERS. Dr. T. J. Peale. Wm. McAllister. T. C. VanHouten. J. B. Martin. Chas. M. Meyers. E C. Huser. I. D. Fry. L. H. Blakemore. J. W. Weakley. R. S. Fulton. Vlexander, W. J. Anderson, J. E. Brown, Archer Blademore, L. H. Bell, J. A. Bansraith, W. P. Buttz, R. Biddle, F. M. Bogle E. S. Brook, W. E. Brown, R. McC. Browneller, J. K. USHERS. Baster, C. E. Block, S. E. Bowman, W. F. Birchard, Dr. A. D. Brown, A. Wilson Brown, J. F. Bauer, Theo., Jr. Baldwin, James Burgess, W. M. Collins, T. T. Clark, E. A. Crane, H. L. Chapin,N. J. Chase, D. W. Collins, Ed. A. Care, T. J. Cummins, Prof. J. P. Cloger, A. D. E. Clarke, J. A. Campbell, George H. Cober, A. A. Collins, F. F. Caie, F. J. Dickens, Henry Mills Meetings. If Davis, E. R. Douglass, J. M. Davis, A. W. Doane, Dr. \V. H. Davenport, D. G. Davis. A. W. DeCamp, J. M. Earle, E. E. Everett, C. E. Evans, A. O. Evans, James T. Ewing, Charles A. Fenley, Joseph B, Ferguson, W. M. Findlay, F. Furber, C. J. Forsher, W. S. Fry, I. D. Ferry, Francis Graf, Henry Gamble, D. B. Gamble, W. A. Gibbs, E. B. Gaines, R. E. Gaul, J. L. Green, E. O. Gray, James Getchell, Z. Grote, H. J. Gaines, Ernest Hastings, R. C. Harmon, A. H. Hathaway, B. F. Hamilton, W. C, Holmes, Ed. Hamal, G. H. Holmguist, J. A. Huntington, C. L. F. Hubbell, W. M., Jr. Hilles, S. E. Hull, T. W, Ireland, C. W. Jouvet, J. H. Joyce, M. D. Johnson, F. J, Joyne, J. A. Johnston, H. J. R. Jones, Arthur E. Kemmeter, G. L. King, James B. Kohler, J. W. Kinsey, Oliver King, J. N. Langdale, R. H. Lafferty, A. R. Lindsey, H. K, Lownie, D. M. Laidlaw, Robert Law, W. F. Lytle, David Mason, G. L. McBeth, R. M. Mueller, John Morris, R. L. Myer, A. H. Morgan, W. H. Moore, J. E. Moore, H. C. Morganstern, E. Miller, E. S. Miller, J. G. Monfort, D. G. Monfort, E. R. Moore, H. C. McMunn, H. Morris, R. T. Meldon, Frederick Macbrair, A. W. Montgomery, W. A, Morebach, A. W. Meacham, D. B. Magly, Wm. Meininger, Charles, Jr. Meyers, Charles M. Nielson, J. T. Nichol, T. J. Nippert, H. Nichols, E. T. Ogborn, W. H. Olmstead, H. B, Perkins, W. T. Park, N. R. Ploger, A, D. E. Pichark, George W. Piper, H. S. Pugh. A, R, Pfaffllin, H. C. Pfister, Herman Rossiter, H. M. Renshaw, E. H. Robertson, Dr. J. Reeves, J. W. Ruggles, C. B. Rodman, F. K. Rankin, M. M, Roberts, John Sedgwick, J. D. Shutt, J. D. Stephenson, C. Sutton, R. C. Snider, T. A, Schroder, H. R. Shattuck, A. C. Splatt, William Snodgrass, G. M. Stabler, L. A. Shands E. C. Seininger, S. Smith, W. W. Schedd, F. M. Snodgrass, G. W. Smith, Charles E. Thompson, J. A. Tingley, E. P. Tudor, S. S. Todd, John Ulrici, Amor W. Underbill, J. T. Van Sandt, W. B. Von Wych, E. Valentiner, William Walter, V. W. W2sson, B. W. Wilder, D. Witte, E. R. C. Walker, G. P. Warwick, W. W. Wells, Samuel Webb, J. B. 1 8 Manual of the Wilson, J. B. Webb, J. Jr. whose names we Waterhouse, J. H. could not obtain. Weakley, J. W. Total, 179, and prob, Weist, W. D. ably many others- THE CHOIR. In each district a choir of from one hundred to two hundred voices was organized for the district meetings. In the final meetings in Music Hall, these district choirs were merged into one, with additional singers, making a grand chorus of more than one tho7isa?td voices. The roll of this grand musical organization is given below, as prepared by the choir-secretary, Mr. Macbrair. The effort has been made to omit no names from any of the districts, although they may not have served at Music Hall. M:USI0 CONINIITTEK. C. A. Sanders, Chairman. Rev. H. W. Gilchrist. Col. J. A. Johnson. Rev. a. M. Dawson. Frank M. Joyce. Rev. E. a. Ince. a. W. Macbrair, Choir Secretary. LEADER. Mr. Lawrence B. Greenwood. organists. Miss Rebecca R. Snyder, and Mr. Chas. A. Austin. Mills Meetings. 19 NANIES OK SINQKRS. SOF»RANO AND CONTRALTO. Andrus, Edith Adams, Kate Anderson, Anna Alexander, Mamie Allen, Allison Arnet, Eliza Abbott, Mrs. C. N. Abbott, Mrs. N. W. Attig, Mrs. W. H. Attig, Hettie Allan, Nellie M. Albertsen, Mrs. Annie Allan, Mrs. M. Andler, Sophia Allen, Kitty Anderson, Clara R. Adriance, May Dalton Allan, Mrs. Jennie W. Anderson, Maggie Allen, Martha Albray, Clara Alden, Lizzie Andrus, Miss Bernhardt, Emma Benedict, Mary K. Bivans, Nettie Bernhardt, Carrie Bryson, Minnie Beresford, Effie Blakemore, Mrs. L. H. Baker, Stella Baur, Louisa Billenstein, Lillie Billenstein, Katie Beresford, Jessie Bottenus, Anna Browneller, Clara Beach, Lottie Boring, Mrs. Zell Beeler, Mary Benham, Ethel Beach, Lottie Boring, Mrs. D. Z. Ballenber, Clara Barrows, Edith Bowen, Carrie Bernhardt, Emma Bowman, Lulu Best, Tamar Belser, Grace M. Buckles, Hattie M. Bascom, Katie Bird, Mary Bachmeyer, Lizzie Bonfrey, Carrie Bedinger, Mrs. E. A. Belser, Daisy Bernhardt, Carrie Boone, Ida Brophy, Anna Brophy, Kate Brice, Esther E. Berte, Margaret Bernard, Perle Bassett, Edna Blinn, L. E. Becker, Louise A. Bailey, Mrs. J. E. Bernard, Mrs. Mary L. Bernard, Netta Brewer, Bertha Barwise, Stella Barwise, Lou Bowen, Mary M. Baenninger, Tillie Brown, Birdie F. Brown, Myra Burck, Emma Bottenus, Annie Benham Julia Benham, Mrs. H. L. Benham, Elthel Blinn, Dora Black, Grace Black, Mrs. Samuel E. Barkers, Lillie Culver, Nettie Clure, Annie M. Cooke, Sarah Cost, Lenora Cost, Naomi Cost, Jessie F. Costello, Mrs; Mattie Christy, Emma L. Cashatt, Flossie Carruthers, Katie Chambers, Birdie Copeland, P^lorence Carson, Mabel A. Chambers, Alma Coulter, Emma Coulter, Ella B. Chamberlin, Laura M. Czischeck, Nellie Conn, M. Ella Collins, Ethel L. Closson, Fannie A. Closson, Alice Campbell, Carrie Cooke, Alice Clark, Mrs. Alice Curnick, Mrs. Samuel Coney, Carrie H. Coney, M. Daisy Coney, Alice B. Coney, Grace Curneck, Mrs. P. C. Cashatt, Winnie Christian, Alice Catlow, Edith Davis, Luella Devon, Sadie Durreh, Blanche W. Dexter, Marian L. Discher, Mamie Darby, Clara H. DeWitt, Birdie Dawson, Mrs.Hestaline Dearness, Anna G. Dearness, Ethel M. Douglass, Isabella R. Davidson, Ina Dawson, Irene E. DeChamont, Minnie E. Diehl, Margaret B. Davis, Jennie Dugan, Mrs. R. W. Driemeyer, Emma Dickinson, Edna Doppler, Minnie L. Dale, Mrs. James 20 Manual of the Downs, Nellie Delemyer, Emma Davis, Hattie L. DeGarmo, Mis. S. C. Drais, Clara C. Dicl-cey, E. S. Duerr, Fannie S. Dowdetl, Mrs. H. Day, Clara Dill, Anna Duerr, Louise B. Dickey, Mrs. C, Daniels, Flora Ellison, Kittie Evans, Clara Evans, Lillian Ewart, Lou Ewrart, Mrs. M. Ellis, Hettie Ellis, Eva Eaton, Lydia IL Endebrock, Clara Evans, Mary T. Evans, Bessie Eakle, Ida M. Eckmann, Lena Eckmann, Mary Ewing, Kate Evans, Mary A. Feth, Minnie Feth, Louisa Fillmore, Nettie Folger, Alice A. Fursy. Clara French, Tillie Fursy, S. Fleming, Josie Frazee, Mrs. John T. Ferguson, Mabel A. Fortiheyer, Emma Fogg, Mrs. E. S. Fitts, Mamie Fleisher, Emeline Freitag, Mary Frederick, Louise Foertmeyer, Emma Fisher, Mrs. Lida H. Furber, Anna M. L. Frelsens, Leonora Francis, Nellie M. C. Gaskill, Edna Graham, Eugenie A. Granstaff, Mrs. Lou Griffith, Julia Gutherie, Cora Gutherie, Belle Games, Mrs. Maggie Garrison, Kate Garrison, Anna R. Gray, Harriet J. Goble, Mary O. Gommersall, Hannali Garen, Minnie Griffith, Gertrude E. Griffith, Alice Gardner, Emma Glover, Jennie Groff, Clara B. Gerhardt, Lizzie M, Gerhard, Clara Gould, Grace Galbraith, Grace Galbraith, Aggie Graff, Ella T. Grayble, Kate Gottleib, Ruth A. Grizzell, Katie Gross, Mrs. W. F. Greenwood, Grace Graham, Mattie Godden, Mamie Godden, Daisy Gennett, Anna B. Geier, Emma F. Geyer, Lena Geyer, Lillie Groger, Jennie C. Goepper, Mrs. M. Graham, Miss Ginter, Irene Geisert, Flora Goode, Mary E. Garrison, Mrs. L. G. Harden, Birdie Harrows, Edith Hoffinan, Mary Handy, Mrs. Ceorge Heitzman, Ida G. Hackmann, Mary Healy, Maud Hall, Mrs. H. Hartlieb, Emma Hardy, Mamie S. How, Nellie Hageman, Vashti Harlow, Mrs. J. B. Halstead, Miss Harvey, Daisy Hablitzel, Marie Hutchinson, Mrs. E. L. Hageman, Hannah B. Handman, Mary Hartlieb, Anna M. Hunter, Lillian C. Harris, Mrs. Julie Halley, R. Ella Halley, Carrie B. Horstmann, Anna Holmquist, Adela Hubbarth, Lillie Hewston, Emma S. Hendley, Florence G. Havehorst, Lucy Hubbell, Effie Hopkins, Mayner Hodge, Mrs. Hilgmeier, Ella Hart, Lydia Holdt, Clara Hughes, Maggie Hubbell, Mrs. W. M. Henry, Martha Haller, Anna Hougham, Mrs. H. C. Hubbell, Emma Hubbell, Mrs, E. S. Hukill, Bertha Huntley, Mrs. Josie Horton, Mrs. M. L. W Houston, Stella Herms, Mrs. Minnie Herrman, Rose L. Hecker, Emma Humphreys, Anna Harrover, Mrs. W. H. Hildebrandt, Mrs. How, Jennie Howells, Mayme Haebe, Amelia Heineman, Anna Hewston, Alice H. Hill, Mrs. Frank Hill, Olive Mills Meetings. 21 Ince, Nellie C. Ide, H. E. Jones, Mary Jones, .\lnia Jones, Mamie Jones, Jennie IVL Joyce, Mrs. Bishop Jones, Maggie Jewell, Ida M. Jones, Anna M. Jayne, Mrs. Laura Bell Jones, Mamie E. James, Estella A. Johnston, Sallie D. Johnston, Mrs. Sarah R. James, Belle R. Jones, Louise James, Grace R. James, Ida May Jones, Maggie Jones, Alma F. King, Laura Kittleberg, Lillie Knox, Anna Knox, Martha Knight, Cassie Kinsey, Genevieve Kennedy, Minnie A. Key, Sarah E. Key, May Kennedy, Miss King, Blanche Knox, Edith Koch, Anna M. Koester, Alice Koester, Edith King, Miss Keith, Mrs. Robert Kleinhaus, Belle Kyrk, Mrs. L. Kohlmeyer, Alice Kohlmeyer, Laura Kemper, Carrie E. King, Mrs. Bird M. Kackley, Mrs. Kraus, Katie Kemper, Vesta Kaps, Minnie J. Kohl, Lillian Korn, Laura M. Kirkpatrick, Agnes King, Mrs. Y. Kinney, Mattie N. Kaiser, Clara Knittel, Lena King, Mrs. Kaufman, Minnie King, Minnie Keyt, Mrs. H, B Linck, Mamie Leasure, Emma Lawson, Anna N. Leming, Mrs. W. M. Lewis, Sarah Lownie, Nellie Lingenfelter, Ella L. Little Mollie Loucks, Mrs. W. E. Lee, Mrs, George A. Lingenfelter, Carrie Little, Mollie C. Laidley, Mrs. F. A. Lindsey, Alice E. Liebenberg, Ida Leonard, Addie Lawrence, Anna B. Layman, Margaret E. Lockwood, Anna M. Lally, Stella Lewis, Winnie Lesher, Ella Lewis, Mrs. E. S. Leonard, Atlilia E. Lockard, Mrs. C. E. Langenbeck, Lottie Langenbeck, Anna Lovell, Ella Leary, Ella Lockhard, Fidelia Leminger, Grace E. Lord, Kate R. Langdon, Mrs. Josie Long, Mrs. J. R. Legge, Ida Lytle, Mrs. Abby Looker. Clara H. Lacey, Dr. Margrete E. Long, Jennie S. Longenecker, Mrs. A. P. Mackenzie, Maud Morgenstern, Nathalie McLeod, Mary Meyers Clara Morton, Addie S. Meyer, Catherine Morgan, Belle Matthews, May Mitchell, Maggie Melrose, Belle Mossman, Sue Montgomery, Nellie Meyer, Wilhelmine McLeod, Maud Morhard, Marguerite Macbrair, Mrs. A. W. Moreton, Dusmea McCall, Ada McClure, Amy McKibbin, Ida McChesney, Miss Mindermann, Caroline Meyer Emma Melbourn, Lizzie Munson, Mrs. Mullen, Nellie McCall, Ida Miller, Anna McCormick, Ida Morris, Lizzie Martin, Nettie Mahl, Katie Morsbach, Mrs. A. Morhard, Marguerite Momberg, Justine Magly, Mrs. Wm. McDowell, Jessie Martin, Etta Mellor, Atta M. Matthews, Mamie Melrose, Isabella Munson, Mrs. Geo. F. Mirrielees, Lillian H. Mirrielees, Helen M. Miller, Matilda Marsh, Mamie Monroe, Minnie Miller, Marie Miller, Mrs. E. S. McLeod, Maggie Mitchell, Florence Miller, Elizabeth Moores, Lillie B. 22 Manual of the Magly, Carrie Mosby, Stella M. Miller, Margaret Moore, Maltie A. Montgomery, Elizabeth Marty, Clara Miller, Mrs. M. F. Moore, Jennie Mathels, Lillie Maitland, I^izzie Morgenstern, Tillie Metz, Louise Marsh, Nellie -Monfort, Adelaide H. Morrell, Mrs. C. B. Munn, Lottie A. Monfort, H. Louise Monfort, Mary E. McGowen, Mayme Merritt, Mrs. C. Miller, Rose Marsh, Mattie Mirrielees, Jeanette J. Mdes, Lillie Monfort, Marguerite Meyer, Anna McGowen, Bertha Miller, Mrs. J. G. Jr., McGowan, Barbara McFall, Jennie Nomack, Anna Nomack, Maria Norton, Mary A. Nieman, Alice Nicholson, Tillie Neuber, Tillie Norton, Jennie L. Nippert, Ida Nicholson, Minnie P. Nippert, Flora Nippert, Mrs. H. Nightengale, Florence Neubauer, Pauline Nippert, Ella Nippert, Elizabeth F. Nippert, Olga L. Nunn, Lottie A. Ogborn, Mrs. W. H. On, DoUie Orloop, Miss Orlopp, Mrs. M. Ostendorf, Susie Oetgen, Kate A. Ogborn, Lizzie J. Osborn, Florence Parnell, Grace A. Perry, Pearl M. Potter, Emma M. Pugh, Sadie Powers, Nanioi A. Phillips, Lena Palmer, Anna Potter, Clara A. Powell, Mrs. R. P itthoff, Louise Perkins, Mamie J. Porter, Laura Potthoff, Matilda Porter, Jeanette Poage, Fannie >L Phillips, Emma Peters, Stella D. E. Peters, Mrs. J. W. Poole, Julia Palmer, Anna R. Palmer, Carrie Penn, Philina Peters, Nora Poland, Louisa Philbin, Clara Peet, Mamie Pine, Mary E. Powell, Minnie Poole, Nellie Prinz, Lena Powell, Carrie A. Peter, Riggie Pickard, Mrs. G. W. Palmer, Lossie Pierson, Beulah Queen, Carrie Rohmann, Rosa Rust, Horence Roudebush. Mrs. L. Rust, Nettie Riddel, lone B. Richter, Alice Richter, May Reynolds, Mrs. O. A. Rennick, Maggie M. Radclift'e, Florence Robb, Emma Robb, M. C. Riesner, Lizzie Riesner, Anna Riesner, Pauline Ross, Miss Georgia Riihl, Katie Riddel, Mrs. B. Robbins, Mrs. G. R. Reakirt, Grace Root, Effie Riddell, Mollie K. Rogers, Emma Rohrer, Elizabeth A. Ross, ayM E. Riefle, Emma Rietman, Cora L. Redmond, Mabel Raugh, Mrs. Mary Roeder, Sadie Ramsdell, Clara Ryon, Maud Reid, Tillie Reid, Emma Roudebush, Mrs. S. Richardson, Jessie Rossiter, Lida A. Rennick, Maggie M. Rareshed, Nellie Richards, Anna R. Radcliffe, Mrs. Sadie Radcliffe, Hattie Rcssiter, Maria A. Remelin, Gertrude Remelin, Lillian Lea Reynolds, Mrs. O. A. Steinmetz, Amelia Spence, Lulu Steinmetz, Roza A. Sherwood, Eva Stamm, Carrie Stickney, Fannie Shydler, Alice Stiles, Hattie M. Silbernagle, Ida Schlemmer, Emma Shiller, Lulu Schaible, C. Simpson, Louise Mills Meetings. 23 Stubert, Carrie B. Sullivan, Clara Sloss, Jeanette Shephard, Jessie Snyder, Mary Stewart, Emma B. Sheerer, Nannie C. Shattinger, Martha Spelman, Delia Shain, Mrs. J. F. Steuber, Louise M. Steuber, Katharine M. Sanders, Alice F. Sanders, Mrs. C. A. Shipley, Mrs. Smith, Alice N. Schenelle, Mrs. W. F. Smith, Minnie Scott, Mrs. A. M. Storey, Maggie Strachley, Lena Sanders, Emma A. Struble, Flora Spining, Clara H. Struble, Alice Sparks, Cora B. Sage, Helen Sage, Alice Smith, Ella A. Sawyer, Estella Saxton, Fannie Stoffer, Edna Stapleton, Florence M. Sargent, Hattie B. Shirey, Mrs. Rose Shoomaker, Marie Sparks, Fannie Sparks, Miss M. Spinning, Ella A. Spinning, Minnie A. Struempler, Ella Struempler, Millie Sharp, Mrs. C. F. Stapleton, Harriet Seineman, S. Sperry, Lizzie Sperry, Lena Snittel, L. Starr, Elizabeth Starr, Florence A. Siebenthaler, Katie Scoville, Anna Tull, Lillian I'ownley, Emma Taylor, Lillie K. Tieman, Ida Taeb, Catharine C. Terrell, Emma Thomson, May Tront, Mrs. E. Townley, Luella Tolken, Belle Tittle, Daisy I. Thomson, Mrs. J. A. Taft, Katherine C. Thompson, Grace Thompson, Lettie Thompson, Lillie Todd, Ida Thompson, Blanche \V, Tilghman, Lucy Theisz, Minnie Truax, Alma .M Upperman, Jennie Vogel, Clara B. Volz, Laura Volz, i-,ee Volz, Lillie Valentiner, Rosa VanSandt,Mrs.Wm. B. Volz, Madeline Vanier, Mamie Vogel, Tillie Volbrath, May Van Fleet, Laura Wood, Mrs. I. E. Weakley, Faye Weakley, Mrs. E. M. Williamson, Fannie Warner, Mary Williams, Mrs. P. B. Wickersham, N. Eva Wechsler, Ida Windmiller, Matilda Wilharm, Edith Webb, Hattie E. Worcester, Mrs. A. M. Wallace, Mrs. Sam Wilkinson, Nannie Windmiller, Emma Wilson, Aimee Wilson, Minnie Wydman, Gertrude J. Wechsler, Estella Weighell, Mamie Warner, Mary Weighell, Elizabeth Wickerham, N. Eva West, Lulu Wimsey, Katie Woodside, Nellie Walter, Emma A. Winans, Allie Wood, Emma J. Wilson, Fannie Wallace, E. Wade, Edith Reno Williams, Annie Weist, Mrs. W. D. Wise, Mrs. Lillian Weihmann, Lottie Weber, Amelia Williamson, Lula Worcester, Mrs. A. M. Whittaker, Dora Williams, Mary Williams, Nannie Weingartner, Dollie Woehle, Alma Wells, Mrs. M. L. Williams, Fannie Wheeler, Clara White, Jennie Whitefords, Bessie Wade, Edith Wise, Mrs. Wm. Wyman, Lottie Yocum, Cora B. Verger, Mrs. Wm. D. Yorston, Hattie Yorston, Clara M. Ziefle, Anna M. Total, 738. 24 Manual of the TENOR AND BASS. Austin, Charles A. Allen, J. T. Abernethy, Joe Allen, James E. Anderson, W. G. Albertson, Albert Appleton, Henry Adam, John Adam, Wm, Beekley, A. M. Brownlee, Dan. Benzinger, H. L. Biddle, H. Brooks, R. W. Bridges, L. Baur, Thee, Jr. Bramkamp, Robert Bingham, Wm. Berry, John S. Bush, E. C, Jr. Baer, George Boring, Zell Barnett, Clifford L. Bramkamp, Allen Blum, Horace K. Burroughs, T. R. Boyer, Charles A. Bolser, Jos. A. Blinn, Chas. Blinn, Horace K. Brown, M. B, Bush, O. N. Baldwin, Jos. H. Batticher, E. C. Brackey, T. H. Bar, George Barnard, L. T. Barnett, E. G. Beach, George Bonham, Scott Berry, Wm. A. Bennett, C. E. Bickley, F. T. D. Baldwin, J. A. Beierle, Harry W. Bailey, Chas. B. Black, M. E. Black, J. E. Becker, Elbert Bleecker, Geo. W. Brice, Lorett Cairns, G. Cutter, K. R. Curnick, R. C. Curnick, Savil Crone, Alfred C. Crane, C. C. Callahan, L. H. Coulter, Wfll. L. Crone, E. Elmer Cassidy, Edwin L. Cassidy, J. Harvey Carnes. Geo. S. Conner, Wm. O. Cochnouse, R. S. Driemeyer, E. W. Daniels, W. Nelson Disher, Fred. L. Deppes, Will. Dierking, A. A. Will. Driemeyer, August Darnall, J. J. Doan, Clifford H. Downs, Benj. Denton, S. F. Dalton, H. L. Davis, H. L. Dale, Geo. Darby, James A. Davies, J. T. DeReuter, Harry Devon, John L. S. Daniels, Harry Denton, H. N. Davies, Geo. F., Jr. Davies, Geo. F. Dawson, Glenne A, Eskew, E. R. Ellis, Albert T. Ellis, S. P. Evans, Wm. A. Eniley, B. P. Evans, Charles N. Ellison, George Eckmann, Phil. Eckmann, George Endebrock, John Emig, George ElUson, Will. Ellison, Abner Ehrgott, Oscar Elliott, C. F. Ellis, Samuel Fisher, Elmer Fischman, Albert E. Flukrer, Martin G. Firbes, Julius Figner, Chas. W. French, E. Fischer, Ernst Findley, Will. T. Frohliger, J. C. Fisher, George J. Fillmore, J. H. Fillmore, L. C. French, M. Foth, Wm. Frahm, AdolphJ. Feth, John Fisher, Geo. Wood Griffith, C. D. Gross, Wm. F. Gettrust, J. F. Getty, Robert Getty, Samuel S. Griep, Otto C. Goodwin, J, H, Griffiths, Geo. W. Garrison, W. B. Groff, Harry J. Green, W. M. Gillett, W. H. Geeding, A. H, Goldsberry, Earl B. Glenn, Edgar W. Geier, Fred A. Geis, Fred. L. Gross, Albert J. Gillett, Taswell Gerhard, Otto Gans, Albert Gans, Arthur HoUenberg, Geo. Mills Meetings. 25 Hamilton, John Hoskins, Wm. Ileidman, Geo. Ilartzel, Alfred Hinkey, Phil. Helman, Chas. Hill, W. G., Jr. Hall, Harry Helman, A. M., Jr. Hastie, W. A. Heppes, Otto A. Hougham, Hy. C. Hill, E. L. Herdliger, Wm. Hughes, C. W. Henrick, Louis Herzog, Chas. F. Hill, Lester R. Hill, Chas. W. Hill, Louis Hough, O. C. Halstead, Mr. Hoskins, Wm. Huxell, Henry J. Huxell, Chas. Heisel, Geo. Hutchinson, E. L. Hinkle, Phillip Hey, John Hunt, Clark N. Hutchins, H. W. Henderson, Price Harr, Allen R. Hill, G. W. Hulley, I, M. Hesterburg, Robert Irwin, J. L. C. Inman, E. L. Izor, Wm. C. Johnson. F. M. Jones, Dr. R. C. Jones, Lewyllen Jones, C. M. Johnson, W, Ferree James, Andrew R. Johnson, D. H. Jones, Norwood D. Jones, D. J. Jones, James Jemison, D. K. Kaufman, Fred. Koenig, Chas. Kleinschmidt, Fred. Knox, Wm. Keifer, Wm. Keeler, J. Willard Klick, Vincent King. Frank K.ng, H. King, Burdette Klein, Jacob Lambert, Chas. S. Lloyd, Robert J. Lawson, R. B. Leasure, Albert Lord, G. E. Lilie, H. F. Lang, Josepli Lyon, Morton M. Linck, Thomas Jr. Mullen, Chester Meyers, L. R. McClure, M. D. Magly, Geo. Wm. Magley, Wm. Morgan, C. L. Moore, Thos. J. Miller, J. Cliff McMillan, Jas. McGregor, Bradford Melborne, Frank Morrison, M. E. Mossman, James Mayer, C. W. Miller, J. A. Miller, 'Harry G. Metcalf, Louis Matthew, R. A. Macbrair, A. W. Moore, Harry W. McLaughlin, V. McLaughlin, M. Markworth, John H. Mattox, W. L. Meerfield, W. G. Monfort, J. G. |r. Markly, Arthur J. Martin, Arthur H. Miller, J. L. McMiller, Will Momberg, John Mitchell, P. P. McGowan, S. B. McGowan, Harry McGowan, J. W. Maus, C. Elmore Miller, D. W. Miller, Julius A. Miller, Ralph R. Nicholson, Samuel S. Nevin, C. G. Nieder, Geo. J. Nicholson, Alex. Noland, W. R. Norris, J. H. O'Connor, Wm. O'Conner, Chas. Ogilvy, Jas. L. Oaks, Guy Pickel, Wm, H. Peter, Thos, Powell, Mr. Powell, Richard Paddon, John Porter, Howard R. Porter, E. A, F. Pine, J. W. Pierson, Beulah Porter, Mr. Perin, M. E. Perry, Walter N, PhiUips, Wm. Paull, Wm. Peter, Geo. A. Postel, N. Poland, Wm. H. Peck, George Perkins, George Reeves, James M. Reeves, George A. Rogers, John C, Reynolds, O, A. Ringgold, William E, Ross, Raymond Rathbone, Robert F, Reynolds, A. S. Roetken, Alfred Roetken, Oscar H, 26 Mills Meetings. Reynolds, Orrin L. Reynolds, Charles W. Reed, Edward F. Randall, Leslie Reid, Alex. H. Jr., Radcliffe, John B. Rechel, Daniel Reeves, S. S. Radford, W. M. Riggs, A. R. Reichenbacher,Wm. L. Reid, T. O. Snider, D. C. Staughton, James Struble, Charles Struble, B. B. Sharp, C. F. Snodgrass, P. Shirey, Charles O. Spragens, Stanley Smith, Albert Smith, Samuel Shaw, H. C. Smith, W. H. Swon, R, V. S. Sacket, F. J. Steinback, Edward A. Spence, Ray Small, P. J. Streeter, Robert Sharp, Howard Strampler, Mr. Spining, E. A. Spining, M. A. Spining, Ed. M. Spining, Harry L. Spining, H. E. Shafer, Mr. Smith, Samuel Smith, Ed. Smith, W. C. Straehley, William Taylor, J. F. Tannehill, J. E. Thomas, A. W. Tittle, Chas. W. Timberman, O. J. Throop, Chas. H. Taylor, Edw. A. Tuttle, Harry Trump, E. H. Tyler, Grafton Vance, J. B. Vance, Geo. E, VanLoon, Al. VanHart, E. S. Vance, Will T. Viehman, John Wilson, Fred J. Williams, Chas. Will, J. A. Wirthwine, Edwin L. Williams, C. B. Whitefield, Ernest Wilder, Eric Webber, W. L. Wozencraft, J. Waterhouse, J. H. Wilcox, T. A. Wood, Chas. Wylie, Wm. W^arren, Chas. J. Wells, Percy Weist, Wm. D. White, Will Waltz, Louis A. Wallace, Kendall White, David Wirthwine, Edw. T. Whitteker, A. T. Wood, Chas. Wylie, Geo. S. White, Alfred Weakley, Bertram A. Weakley, W. A. Woodside, J. W. Whitehead," Mr. Wilson, H. Allen Winans, Will B. Young, H. J. Zimmerman, Ed. Total, 382. "^R^^^